Chords for Gimme Shelter Rolling Stones-Open E Tuning (Lesson) (Easy)

Tempo:
101.2 bpm
Chords used:

B

E

C#

A

F#

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Gimme Shelter Rolling Stones-Open E Tuning (Lesson) (Easy) chords
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We're going to do a [Dm] lesson on Gimme [E] Shelter.
We're going to demystify this song for you today, I hope and
This is in the open E position open E position is nothing more than tuning your guitar to an open E chord
So if [N] we remember in a standard tuning, this is our [E] open E chord
second finger on the second fret of the a string third finger on the second fret of the D string and
The first finger on the first fret of the G string [N] which gives us our G our a our E chord
What we're going to do is retune the guitar to [E] the E chord
That sounds familiar doesn't it?
So we're going to demystify this open E tuning people make a big deal out of it take your guitar to a standard tuning
We're going to take these three strings up in other words your a is going to go to a beat
Your D string is going to go to an E your G string is going to go to a G sharp
This [B] would be nothing more than
[E] your form one
[B] E chord where the nut is your bar.
So we have
[F]
[G] [A] Etc having said that we retune the [E] guitar.
This is the opening riff to Gimme Shelter
[C#]
[F#] [B] [E] [B]
[A] [B]
[C#] [F#] That's
The opening riff he does that [G#] twice
Then he goes to [B] the riff where we add the pinky just that simple
[C#] [F#] [C#] [B]
[A]
Put an [E] extra beat in there and no extra charge is this is just a lesson what I want you to do is
[N] Listen to the album on your own and make it your own or play it just like Keith
It's up to you.
So that's the opening riff in the main [B] introduction and then he goes what he goes loud [C#] with a different strumming pattern
[F#]
[B] [E] [A]
[E] [B] [C#]
[A#] That's one riff and [B] then he goes from this riff to
[C#]
[E] [C#]
[B] [C#] [F] You get lazy [B] and don't want all that movement.
You can go to [C#] this riff
[F#] [C#]
[B] [A]
[E] [B] [C#]
Sometimes you just lean down this
[B] [E] [A]
[E] [B] [C#]
That
Is the whole song you listen to the [A] album your home free [F#] people contorted all kinds of craziness over this song
It's demystified.
There it is opening a [G#] tuning tune the guitar to an E
This [E] position you're at the ninth position
Seventh position fifth position you can go down here for this business
[C#] Here
[C] Does that simple practice and you got it
[B] [N]
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E
2311
C#
12341114
A
1231
F#
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B
12341112
E
2311
C#
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
We're going to do a [Dm] lesson on Gimme [E] Shelter.
We're going to demystify this song for you today, I hope and
This is in the open E position open E position is nothing more than tuning your guitar to an open E chord
So if [N] we remember in a standard tuning, this is our [E] open E chord
second finger on the second fret of the a string third finger on the second fret of the D string and
The first finger on the first fret of the G string [N] which gives us our G our a our E chord
What we're going to do is retune the guitar to [E] the E chord
_ _ _ That sounds familiar doesn't it?
_ _ So we're going to demystify this open E tuning people make a big deal out of it take your guitar to a standard tuning
We're going to take these three strings up in other words your a is going to go to a beat
_ Your D string is going to go to an E your G string is going to go to a G sharp
_ _ This [B] would be nothing more than
[E] your form one
_ [B] E chord where the nut is your bar.
So we have
_ [F] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ Etc having said that we retune the [E] guitar.
This is the opening riff to Gimme Shelter
[C#] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _ _ [B] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [C#] _ [F#] _ _ _ That's
The opening riff he does that [G#] twice
Then he goes to [B] the riff where we add the pinky just that simple
[C#] _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Put an [E] extra beat in there and no extra charge is this is just a lesson what I want you to do is _ _
[N] Listen to the album on your own and make it your own or play it just like Keith
It's up to you.
So that's the opening riff in the main [B] introduction and then he goes what he goes loud [C#] with a different strumming pattern
[F#] _ _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[A#] _ That's one riff and [B] then he goes from this riff to
[C#] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F] You get lazy [B] and don't want all that movement.
You can go to [C#] this riff _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
Sometimes you just lean down this _ _ _
_ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
That
Is the whole song you listen to the [A] album your home free [F#] people contorted all kinds of craziness over this song
It's demystified.
There it is opening a [G#] tuning tune the guitar to an E
This [E] position you're at the ninth position
Seventh position fifth position you can go down here for this business
[C#] _ _ Here
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] Does that simple practice and you got it
[B] _ _ [N] _ _ _

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