Chords for George Benson Licks

Thanks for watching.
I got a couple of licks for you today.
Um, I was a big, uh, still am a big George Benson fan.
And he helped me a lot when I was getting into jazz because he, he kind of, I really
liked the combination of the blues and jazz thing that he had going, you know? _
So that, that was an easy way for me to segue into jazz. _
So I got a couple of licks for you today that I kind of Benson inspired.
Um, we're, we're going to be in B flat.
Okay.
[Bb] Our first [Eb] lick is a combination of, uh, kind of chromatics, chromatic 16 notes
with a, with a little bit of like an F [B] superlocarian and then a little triplet line.
So let me play it for you.
[Fm] Uh, again, we're B flat and we're starting on the end four.
So this is what it sounds like.
One, _ [Eb] three, four.
[E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Right.
One more time.
Three, four. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] Right.
_ [Cm] _ So once again, we're [G] starting on the sixth _ _ [Bb] root and then downbeat would be right here
on the [Dbm] minor third.
_ [Db]
Come on.
[Ab] Now we go up chromatic.
Um, till you get to the, to the sharp five [D] _ [E] _ _
right [D] here.
_ [Bm] _ _ Then back down chromatic till you get [D] to the minor third.
_ [Dbm] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
So actually when I play it fast, [Cm] when I [Gb] get to the sharp five, I do a pull off [D] here. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _
Right.
So now once we get here, we're [E] going to do like, kind of like an F superlocarian.
_ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _
So thinking, thinking from [F] F now [E] got third.
_ [Eb] _ Uh, sharp nine, [Gb] flat nine, root, _ [Eb] flat seven.
And now we're in [Bb] the third of B flat.
_ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [D] _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] Right. _
_ [F] One, four.
[E] [Dm] I mean, one, [E] five, flat five.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [D]
Now we're going to go E flat major seven in [Eb] triplet. _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ And now [A] we're going to go, uh, diminish arpeggio [Cm] from here.
_ [Gbm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [D]
Now [D] for the most part, sorry, I don't know if you can see my hand.
I'm kind of alternate picking, uh, the whole thing.
_ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Db] _ [E] _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ This is where I do the pull off.
_ _ [Gbm] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [E] _ _ _
_ [D] _ [Gm] One more time.
Slow. _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [E] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Ebm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ Right.
[N] Okay.
_ Um, hopefully you, you kind of were able to get that.
If you need a tab, just let me know.
Um, second lick _ here it is.
Let me play it for you.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _
_ Same B [Fm] flat.
_ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [E] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] Right.
So we're going to start, we're going to start on the fifth, _ _
_ [Gm] six, one [A] major
seven, [Abm] flat seven [D] chromatic down to the fifth.
[F] _ _
_ [A] And now [G] I'm actually doing that slide.
[E] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [E] _ [Eb] _ Then, uh, pinky on the set on the flat [Gb] seven _ [C] chromatic down to the fifth.
_ [Fm] _ _ Now we're going to do one of these, [E] _
uh, flat [Eb] five, _ _ [Dbm] four, minus [E] third,
root _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ down chromatically to the six.
[A] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [G] _ Notice I'm [F] doing a lot of sliding here.
[E]
My first, with my first finger, slide _ _
_ [G] _ here.
_ [F] _ _ _
_ [Eb] Five, [Db] four, flat third, [D] major third.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Db] _ _ [D] And [F] then five, [Bb]
root, [Ab] flat seven.
[D] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Ab] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
Right.
One more [C] time.
Slow _ [E] down _
_ _ _ [F] beat.
_ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Bb] _
[Ab] _ So this is [G] another tricky part, [Eb] right? _ _
_ _ I'm using my [Dm] first finger. _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [D] Right.
So first lick again, _ [Db] second [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ lick. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Bb] Cool.
Let me know what you think.
Uh, any questions or