Chords for How to Play Baby Please Don't Go by Them on Guitar

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_ This song has a very long pedigree.
In fact, we can genuinely say that its true origins are lost in the mists of time.
But although Delta bluesman Big Joe Williams can lay claim to the first recorded version of this song,
we're going to be looking at the intro guitar solo as played by Billy Harrison
on the 1964 _ recording by the Belfast band Them.
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_ _ [F] _ _ _ [F] Note that the record is in the key of F.
_ We're going to teach this as if it were in the key of E.
So if you want to play along with the record, you'll need to put a capo [Abm] at the first fret.
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_ _ [E] _ _ _ Notice that the first phrase starts on the upbeat, so it's best played with an upstroke.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ And that last _ slide there, we include the top string open as [E] we play the slide.
It's called a unison slide.
_ _ So the fretting hand looks like [D] this, _
[G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ and the picking hand looks like [G] this.
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_ _ And as you can see from the tab, this end note is held over three whole bars.
_ _ If you play this against a backing track, this is easy to count as the bass line acts just like a metronome.
So the bass line sounds something like _ [Gb] this. _
_ _ One a two a three a four a one a two a three a four a one a two a three a four a.
[E] So that works just as well as a metronome.
Very useful.
_ OK, so the next phrase also starts on an upbeat. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And notice [F] that the end note of the phrase is given enough vibrato to sound wavery.
[G] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] This time we hold the end note for the whole of the bar plus the [Bm] next two bars.
_ And then count to three before launching into the next passage, again on an upbeat. _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Careful attention to the picking direction will again help you nail the timing of this first part of the phrase.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ Up down [Em] down up down down [B] down up.
_ So when practicing this, I advise breaking it into four sub phrases.
Up down [G] _ _ down up down _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] down _
[D] down up.
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[G] Up down down up [E] down down [Bm]
down up.
_ _ _ This flows straight into the next phrase [A] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ built around the slide from two to four on the third string.
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_ _ _ _ _ Hitting the top two strings _ after the first [Am] slide is _ something of a nicety.
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[E] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ And you shouldn't worry too much about making that happen.
Rather, aim to hit the top string on a downstroke.
And if you happen to include the second string as well, let [A] it happen.
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_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] Notice I end this part of the phrase a note short of the end of the [A] bar.
[Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ And I think you'll find [A] that if you insert a sort of mental comma at this stage,
it'll help you hear the phrasing in your head more easily and speed up the learning process accordingly.
Here's how I advise picking this whole lick.
_ Downstroke on the first slide.
_ [E] _ Downstroke on the top string or the pair. _
[A] _ _ [Em] _ And then an upstroke when you slide back.
[A] _ _ _ And then another [G] upstroke for the open G string after that.
[E] Finishing on a downstroke _ for [A] the second fret on the D string.
So that's_ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ By sticking to this particular set of up and downstrokes,
it means your hand will be moving absolutely like clockwork throughout that whole phrase.
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_ And you'll keep perfect time accordingly.
Now we add the rest of this phrase, once again starting on the upbeat.
And
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_ _ _ notice [G] that the rest of the phrase is all on the strong beats.
So use downstrokes for each note and the timing should look after itself.
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[E] _ _ _ _ We end this lesson with the repeated lick that is played as the harmonica part kicks [A] in.
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[E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ Here's the tab that covers the last three lines.
_ _ Notice the footnote about the one bar that is only two beats long.
Marked with the double asterisks.
Well I'll leave you to practice that.
_ Site members on the Secret Guitar Teacher site can download a copy of the tab from the link near the video screen. _ _
See you again soon.
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