Chords for How To Play James Taylor Sarah Maria (intro only)
Tempo:
121.85 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
Gbm
Eb
Abm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Sara Maria is in the key of E.
And we're going to start with the [B] introduction.
It's the top line of your tab, the first three bars.
It sounds like this.
[E]
[B] [Gbm]
[E]
Now we're going to start with a D chord shape,
but we're going to slide it up two frets,
where it becomes the chord of E,
as long as we only play with the sixth string.
So start with the D chord shape,
pinch six and one,
and slide the whole shape up two frets.
Then play six, three.
[Eb] Pull off the first string from fifth fret to fourth [B] fret.
[E] Now fingers away, play the open first string
while you're forming an E chord.
Out of that E chord you're [Ab] going to play three, [E] four,
one, six, one.
[Eb] It's a complex rhythm.
[Ab]
The slide takes the place of just one.
[E] One and a two E and a three E
and a four and.
Bar two is more complex still.
If you can play this bar,
you can play anything in Sara Maria.
We need a B [B] chord.
We're going to bar the second fret.
James Taylor has a little finger
cover strings four, three and two at the fourth fret.
Not my favourite position.
Some guitarists would do that with the ring finger,
but actually to play this song,
you only need strings three and two.
So you can just hold down as I do,
these two strings at the fourth fret.
Play five, three, two, three.
Now this is where it gets really tricky
because quickly now you're going to have
the little finger move from the second string
to the first string at the fourth [Ebm] fret
and this finger can come away.
The ring finger can come away.
Play one [Abm] at the fourth fret
and at the moment that you're playing that,
this ring finger is going to the fifth string fourth fret.
Play that [Db] note.
And now the little [B] finger comes away
whilst the ring finger string is still ringing
and play strings three and [Eb] one.
They should both be at the second fret now.
You could play that with thumb and finger.
I'm using index finger, ring finger.
[Gbm]
You could use thumb and finger.
And then [E] fingers away as you're making an E chord
where you're going to play six, three and one,
but hammer three into the first fret.
Now that's very, very fiddly.
The bar finishes with, out of that shape,
six, three, six, two,
hammered open to second fret
and as the hammer goes down,
the thumb plays [B] the fourth string [E] and then one.
If that hammer with the thumb is difficult,
don't play the thumb note.
[B] Still it's difficult enough, that bar.
One, ee, and a.
[Abm]
Two, [Dbm] [Gbm] ee, and [Em] three,
[E] ee, and a.
Four, ee, and a.
And the intro finishes with a short two-beat bar.
Six, two, four, six,
in the rhythm, one, ee, and two.
[N] Alright, now there's a lot going on in that intro.
It's the most complex part of the song.
Let's play it back slowly.
[E] [Abm] [Db] [Gbm] [E]
And we're going to start with the [B] introduction.
It's the top line of your tab, the first three bars.
It sounds like this.
[E]
[B] [Gbm]
[E]
Now we're going to start with a D chord shape,
but we're going to slide it up two frets,
where it becomes the chord of E,
as long as we only play with the sixth string.
So start with the D chord shape,
pinch six and one,
and slide the whole shape up two frets.
Then play six, three.
[Eb] Pull off the first string from fifth fret to fourth [B] fret.
[E] Now fingers away, play the open first string
while you're forming an E chord.
Out of that E chord you're [Ab] going to play three, [E] four,
one, six, one.
[Eb] It's a complex rhythm.
[Ab]
The slide takes the place of just one.
[E] One and a two E and a three E
and a four and.
Bar two is more complex still.
If you can play this bar,
you can play anything in Sara Maria.
We need a B [B] chord.
We're going to bar the second fret.
James Taylor has a little finger
cover strings four, three and two at the fourth fret.
Not my favourite position.
Some guitarists would do that with the ring finger,
but actually to play this song,
you only need strings three and two.
So you can just hold down as I do,
these two strings at the fourth fret.
Play five, three, two, three.
Now this is where it gets really tricky
because quickly now you're going to have
the little finger move from the second string
to the first string at the fourth [Ebm] fret
and this finger can come away.
The ring finger can come away.
Play one [Abm] at the fourth fret
and at the moment that you're playing that,
this ring finger is going to the fifth string fourth fret.
Play that [Db] note.
And now the little [B] finger comes away
whilst the ring finger string is still ringing
and play strings three and [Eb] one.
They should both be at the second fret now.
You could play that with thumb and finger.
I'm using index finger, ring finger.
[Gbm]
You could use thumb and finger.
And then [E] fingers away as you're making an E chord
where you're going to play six, three and one,
but hammer three into the first fret.
Now that's very, very fiddly.
The bar finishes with, out of that shape,
six, three, six, two,
hammered open to second fret
and as the hammer goes down,
the thumb plays [B] the fourth string [E] and then one.
If that hammer with the thumb is difficult,
don't play the thumb note.
[B] Still it's difficult enough, that bar.
One, ee, and a.
[Abm]
Two, [Dbm] [Gbm] ee, and [Em] three,
[E] ee, and a.
Four, ee, and a.
And the intro finishes with a short two-beat bar.
Six, two, four, six,
in the rhythm, one, ee, and two.
[N] Alright, now there's a lot going on in that intro.
It's the most complex part of the song.
Let's play it back slowly.
[E] [Abm] [Db] [Gbm] [E]
Key:
E
B
Gbm
Eb
Abm
E
B
Gbm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Sara Maria is in the key of E.
And we're going to start with the [B] introduction.
It's the top line of your tab, the first three bars.
It sounds like this.
_ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Gbm] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Now we're going to start with a D chord shape,
but we're going to slide it up two frets,
where it becomes the chord of E,
as long as we only play with the sixth string.
So start with the D chord shape,
pinch six and one,
and slide the whole shape up two frets.
_ Then play six, three.
_ _ [Eb] Pull off the first string from fifth fret to fourth [B] fret.
[E] _ _ Now fingers away, play the open first string
while you're forming an E chord.
_ Out of that E chord you're [Ab] going to play three, _ [E] four,
one, _ six, one.
_ _ _ [Eb] It's a complex rhythm.
[Ab] _
The slide takes the place of just one.
_ [E] One and a two E and a three E
and a four and. _
_ _ _ _ _ Bar two is more complex still.
If you can play this bar,
you can play anything in Sara Maria.
We need a B [B] chord.
We're going to bar the second fret.
James Taylor has a little finger
cover strings four, three and two at the fourth fret.
Not my favourite position.
Some guitarists would do that with the ring finger,
but actually to play this song,
you only need strings three and two. _
So you can just hold down as I do,
these two _ strings at the fourth fret.
Play five, three, two, three.
_ _ Now this is where it gets really tricky
because quickly now you're going to have
the little finger move from the second string
to the first string at the fourth [Ebm] fret
and this finger can come away.
The ring finger can come away.
Play one [Abm] at the fourth fret
_ and at the moment that you're playing that,
this ring finger is going to the fifth string fourth fret.
Play that [Db] note.
_ And now the little [B] finger comes away
whilst the ring finger string is still ringing
and play strings three and [Eb] one.
They should both be at the second fret now.
You could play that with thumb and finger.
I'm using index finger, ring finger.
[Gbm] _
You could use thumb and finger. _ _
And then [E] fingers away as you're making an E chord
where you're going to play six, three and one,
but hammer three into the first fret.
_ Now that's very, very fiddly.
The bar finishes with, out of that shape,
six, three, six, two,
hammered open to second fret
and as the hammer goes down,
the thumb plays [B] the fourth string [E] and _ then one.
If that hammer with the thumb is difficult,
don't play the thumb note.
_ [B] Still it's difficult enough, that bar.
_ One, ee, and a.
[Abm]
Two, [Dbm] [Gbm] ee, and [Em] three, _
[E] ee, and a.
Four, ee, and a.
_ _ And the intro finishes with a short two-beat bar.
Six, two, four, six,
in the rhythm, _ one, ee, and two. _ _ _
_ [N] Alright, now there's a lot going on in that intro.
It's the most complex part of the song.
Let's play it back slowly.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [Db] _ [Gbm] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Sara Maria is in the key of E.
And we're going to start with the [B] introduction.
It's the top line of your tab, the first three bars.
It sounds like this.
_ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Gbm] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Now we're going to start with a D chord shape,
but we're going to slide it up two frets,
where it becomes the chord of E,
as long as we only play with the sixth string.
So start with the D chord shape,
pinch six and one,
and slide the whole shape up two frets.
_ Then play six, three.
_ _ [Eb] Pull off the first string from fifth fret to fourth [B] fret.
[E] _ _ Now fingers away, play the open first string
while you're forming an E chord.
_ Out of that E chord you're [Ab] going to play three, _ [E] four,
one, _ six, one.
_ _ _ [Eb] It's a complex rhythm.
[Ab] _
The slide takes the place of just one.
_ [E] One and a two E and a three E
and a four and. _
_ _ _ _ _ Bar two is more complex still.
If you can play this bar,
you can play anything in Sara Maria.
We need a B [B] chord.
We're going to bar the second fret.
James Taylor has a little finger
cover strings four, three and two at the fourth fret.
Not my favourite position.
Some guitarists would do that with the ring finger,
but actually to play this song,
you only need strings three and two. _
So you can just hold down as I do,
these two _ strings at the fourth fret.
Play five, three, two, three.
_ _ Now this is where it gets really tricky
because quickly now you're going to have
the little finger move from the second string
to the first string at the fourth [Ebm] fret
and this finger can come away.
The ring finger can come away.
Play one [Abm] at the fourth fret
_ and at the moment that you're playing that,
this ring finger is going to the fifth string fourth fret.
Play that [Db] note.
_ And now the little [B] finger comes away
whilst the ring finger string is still ringing
and play strings three and [Eb] one.
They should both be at the second fret now.
You could play that with thumb and finger.
I'm using index finger, ring finger.
[Gbm] _
You could use thumb and finger. _ _
And then [E] fingers away as you're making an E chord
where you're going to play six, three and one,
but hammer three into the first fret.
_ Now that's very, very fiddly.
The bar finishes with, out of that shape,
six, three, six, two,
hammered open to second fret
and as the hammer goes down,
the thumb plays [B] the fourth string [E] and _ then one.
If that hammer with the thumb is difficult,
don't play the thumb note.
_ [B] Still it's difficult enough, that bar.
_ One, ee, and a.
[Abm]
Two, [Dbm] [Gbm] ee, and [Em] three, _
[E] ee, and a.
Four, ee, and a.
_ _ And the intro finishes with a short two-beat bar.
Six, two, four, six,
in the rhythm, _ one, ee, and two. _ _ _
_ [N] Alright, now there's a lot going on in that intro.
It's the most complex part of the song.
Let's play it back slowly.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [Db] _ [Gbm] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _