Chords for HOW TO Play Always Free by Jackie Venson

[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
All right, so this is the main riff.
[E] So it starts off on an open E.
The chords are E, A, and B for the verse.
_ _ _ So it's just the cowboy chords, you know, E, [A] A.
_ _ [B] _ _ _
I do this one where it's a middle finger
on the second fret, fifth string.
Index finger on the first fret, fourth string. _
And then a ring finger on the second fret, third string.
So instead of doing like this.
_ So then I don't have to move my [F] hand too much.
[N] Because the big secret to any kind of instrument playing is learning how to not move your hand too much.
You don't want to be like this all the time.
You want to figure out how to play everything within [E] a few frets.
And so that involves playing chords in a bunch of different ways.
So the way I play B so that I don't have to, you know, move my hand too much [B] is this.
And then it's just [E] right here. _ _ _
You know what I'm saying?
You hardly have to.
So that rhythm part goes like this.
It's like one, two, three.
_ _ It's kind of swung.
_ _ _ Like that, like upstroke is kind of swung.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Now I like to throw a little bass [E] line in here.
Which is [A]
what it'll be the sixth string [G] open, sixth string third fret, which is G.
[Am] And then sixth string fifth fret with my ring finger.
[A] And then I bend it.
_ _ [E] And that's just the open E string.
So it's like [A] G, A, _ A, [E] G, E.
So the whole riff would be this. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Here's that little bass line.
_ _ _ [Em] So it's like, G, [C] A, bend, A, G, B, A, G, E, [A] A, G, A, bend, A, G, [Em] E, A, bend, A, G.
There we go.
G, A, bend, A, G.
_ Speaking gibberish. _
[E] It's not gibberish if you know what I'm talking about. _ _ _ _
[Em] So yeah, that's open E with like this [A] [E] bendy kind of, [G] do that with my ring finger.
_ Hair in [Eb] my mouth.
Ring finger right here, right?
_ [E] So it's like, G, _ [G] _
_ _ [E] _ _ A, A, [D]
G, A, G.
[F] So like in between [E] the E open E I'm playing.
Between that I'm putting my ring finger on that G third fret sixth string.
[Em] _ _
_ _ I'm kind of bending that too.
So yeah, you might want to get one of those hand strengtheners if you don't do a lot of bending.
Because [C] you gotta strengthen out your fingers.
Like, [N] your fingers are muscles as well.
And they need to [E] be strengthened.
So this actually could be a really good exercise if you're in some place where your fingers aren't very strong right now. _ _
_ _ G, A, bend, A, G.
[Em] There we go. _
_ [E] _ Okay, so that's the first part of the verse.
In the second part of the verse we go to_
This is a part where it's like,
Living in a little house on the side.
Oh, the [A] riff is every fourth [E] bar.
Where the grass is dead [Fm] but the water_
I do this walk up to B.
[Ab] It starts on G sharp.
_ _ Fourth fret.
[A] _ [B] _ And I do a barre chord right there.
Sometimes I play B down here.
Sometimes I play it right here.
[C] Because I want to include a bass line.
[E] Which is what I do in this verse.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ And then I go A, A, [A] [Em] A, A.
_ [B] _ [Em] _ _
_ [E] _ So I'll start from the beginning.
_ A.
[D] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] Open version of A.
And then the open [Em] version of B. And A.
_ _ [E] Alright, so that's the verse.
It just loops.
That's the whole form.
Living in a little house on the side of the street.
Where the grass is dead but the [A] [B] water_
_ _ _ [D] In the summer I watch the people in the day.
Say that I [A] am gay.
[Em] That's E. _
[B] B.
_ _ _ [E] Alright, [Gb] so there's the verse.
And also the little riffs thrown in.
And if your hands aren't very strong right now, it's okay.
[D] Those are good riffs to strengthen your hands.
So that's cool.
If your hands are strong, then you know.
Jam out, baby.
[E] So the chorus starts on A.
_ [A] _ _
It's like_
[E] And then_
_ _ [A] Verse and then A.
_ And then [E] rhythm of the verse. _
And here's where it gets a little jazzy.
[A] We go A.
[G] G. _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ Flat two major chord right there.
_ _ Get a little jazzy there, [A] baby.
So anyways, here's the chorus again.
It's A to E.
And [F] then A, G, F, [A] E.
So, _ _ _ when we start again, I'll call out the chords.
One, two, three, and_ A.
_ _ _ [E] G.
_ _ [A] A.
E. _ _
[Em] _ _ [A] And then A.
[G] G.
_ [F] _
Two, three_
And the other funky thing [Eb] about those chords is that they're a little jazzy.
That they're [E] anticipated.
So instead of falling on a downbeat, they fall [B] a little bit before a downbeat.
[F] So I'll count [Ebm] the downbeats out loud.
So you can kind of hear [F] where these chords fall.
So, here's the [B] chorus.
One, two, chorus.
[A] One, two, [D] three, four.
One, two, [E] three, [A] four.
One, two, three, [E] four.
One, two, three, [A] four.
One, [G] two, three, four.
One, two, three, [F] four.
One, two, three, [E] four. _
[Em] _ So yeah, now you know [F] where the downbeats fall.
The song is very anticipated.
[E] It's very swung, you know? _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ [F] _ You want to get a handle on that [N] rhythm, look up shuffles.
[C] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ Or [Em] just sit around and do this. _
_ _ Instead of it being [A] like_
Straight, [Bm] it's like swung.
_ _ _ [A] One, two, three, four.
[Em] One, two, three, [A] four.
One, two, three, [E] four.
One, two, three, [A] four.
One, [G] two, three, [F] four.
One, two, three, [E] four.
One, two, three, four.
So yeah, it's kind of [D] like the notes are in between the downbeats.
Sometimes they're on the downbeats, sometimes they're not.
[E] It depends.
You just got to listen to it and play along.
[C] Hopefully, consequence will, [F] you know,
chop out this little [E] portion
and put it on the website for you. _ _
[C] I'll personally ask them to do that.
_ [E] If you [G]
please.
[C] _ _ _ [A] Anyways, that's pretty much the whole song.
And [E] the solo,
if you want to learn the solo,
the [B] whole solo is just over the_
[N] Just over a vamp on E.
The chords never change for the [E] solo.
It's always [Em] just_
_ _ It's all solo.
[E] I'll show you.
Here's the pattern with it.
_ Yeah.
_ _ Yeah, right?
_ So that's pattern five with the beginning of the solo.
And here's the main solo.
This is the pattern I mainly fellow over.
_ Add bass.
And I'm just like going_
It's just all E.
[Em] _ [E] Sometimes I go to like E Mixolydian
just