Chords for How to Play "When My Train Pulls In" by Gary Clark Jr. on Guitar

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[Bm] _ [Em] What's up guys, my name is Cal and today I'm going to be teaching you how to play
When My Train Pulls In by Gary Clark Jr.
I [C] don't know if you guys know who that is, but he's a [Em] great artist, great musician,
sort of under the radar, although not really sort of getting more popular, but definitely
check him out either way.
This song is [E] probably one of his most famous songs, When My Train Pulls In.
It's a great riff, uses [F] a lot of distortion, sounds really [Em] good standalone, which is always
[F#] fun and it's really simple.
[N] So without further ado, let's get into the song.
Okay, so the song starts off with [A] an open A and then a [E] hammer-on with your first finger
onto the second fret.
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[Em] Hammer-ons are something that we're going to be using a lot of, so make sure you have
those pretty down before you attempt [A] to learn the [Em] song.
So after that hammer-on we go to an open [D] D [A] and [Bm] _ _ then another [A] hammer-on, [B] A [Em] string, and
then with your second finger go to the third fret [G] low E string. _
[A] So so [Bm] far.
[A] _ [G] _ _ Then we have an open [D] D, [A] hammer-on with your first [B] finger onto the [D] second fret, [E] _ and then
an open E, and then back to the D on the second fret. _
So real slowly this [A] is what we have so far.
[D] _ _ [G] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ [A] _ [G] _ _
[E] _ _ [C] And of course speed that up and add distortion.
[Em] That's one of the big things.
I took it off for the sake of the lesson, but in the intro you heard me playing it and
it sounds awesome with a lot of distortion.
So definitely crank the gain up.
You know what, I'll put a picture of the settings on my amp on screen right now so you guys
can see what I'm playing and how I get it to sound [C] crunchy like that.
[A] So the next part after that [D] intro, [G] _ [E] _ _ he plays that throughout most of the song, so definitely
get that down.
There's only a couple instances when he deviates [Am] to chord progressions and it's just [Em] a 1-4-5
progression but there's one section in the second verse I believe.
The first verse he plays the intro riff that I just taught you, [A] but the second verse he
does this [E] sort of muted power chord, _ _ _ _ [C]
just like [E] that, and that is just a power chord
on the 7th fret A string, _ _ _ and palm muted which means when you hit the strings, _ _ [N]
let your palm
of your hand come down on the strings as you hit them.
[E] So it gives it that muted sound.
_ _ _ _ _ It's sort of difficult if [N] you're just starting out learning, but if you try it for, you know,
give it some practice, I'm sure you'll be able to get it.
And again, the timing for all this, you just have to listen to the song, [F#m] because there's
only a couple times when he changes [Em] to chords, [E] so I'm not going to count out each measure
for you, but you'll be able to hear the changes that he makes.
So there's that one chord, but before he does that, [A] he does this, _
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and that is just a power
chord on the 5th fret low [A] E string, [Em] but he hits these strings open, the G, the B, and
the E, and you sort of pick [A] through them, _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ and then go back into the [A] riff.
_ [Em]
Now one thing that I will note is when you go back into the intro riff after coming from
a chord progression or chords, you don't go straight back into the riff, you [D] first do
this, [E] _
[G] which is just the ending of the [D] riff, [E] remember the hammer on the [E] D, open E, and
then back to the D, and then you start the riff from the beginning.
So instead of starting it from the beginning initially, you go through the ending [E] first. _
[D] _ [G] _ [E] _ [A] _ [E] Sorry about that last part.
But [Dm] that is [E] pretty much it for that.
Now when you change from the riff, the intro riff, into the chords, you don't change after
the riff is completed, you actually change halfway through [G] on the 3rd fret low E [A] string,
[Bm] so, [G] _ _ [Em] and then go into the chords as opposed to finishing out the riff.
So that is the majority of the song, [E] are just those chords, [A] and then the_ _ _
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[G] _ [E] _ Now the other part is the solo, which Gary Clark Jr.
[A] is really incredible at that, he
[E] does like a 5 minute solo or something crazy.
You can [Em] use the E minor pentatonic [A] scale, [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Em] _
if you know what that is, great, if you don't,
sort of out of luck, the notes that he plays changes all the time [G#] from his live performances
[Em] and stuff, the studio version is pretty crazy, so I won't be teaching you the solo today,
but if you [Am] want to try and figure out the notes for yourself, which I always encourage
because you actually learn way more doing [E] that than you would if you just looked up
tablature for it, again, E minor pentatonic scale [G] should get you started.
But other than that guys, that is How to Play When My Train Pulls In by Gary Clark Jr.,
awesome song, if you guys haven't heard of him, go check him out because he's a really
incredible artist, and I really enjoy his music, I hope you