Chords for Inner city blues (Tutorial)

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Eb

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Bb

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Inner city blues (Tutorial) chords
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Alright, going back to some more Marvin Gaye.
Inner City Blues, another one of my favorite songs that Marvin did.
And this is a beautiful song and he wrote it back then when the war was going on and the war is still going on.
So this is another important song.
[Eb]
[Gb] [Eb]
[Bb] So that bass line, E flat, [Db]
E flat, B flat, [Eb]
D [A] flat back to the [Eb] E flat,
[Gb] turn on G flat.
Same thing but next time around, end [Eb] on E flat.
[Gb] [Eb]
[Gb]
[Ebm] So we got the bass line.
And there's so many ways you can play this.
[Gb] But let's use this minor, E [Db] flat minor.
We already know, we all know what key [Gb] this is.
And all black notes pretty much.
[Ebm] That's a B flat, D flat, E flat, G [Db] flat, and an [Ebm] A flat.
Hey, if you had a bass player and you wanted to jazz it up, you can do something [Db] [Gb] like
[Db]
[Gb] You
[Eb]
know what I'm [Db] doing right there.
Coming from the B flat, A flat, G flat to the F.
[Gb] I'm just taking my left hand and doing, you know, all black notes which is the G flat, [Db] A flat, B flat, D flat.
Do do do.
[Eb]
[Ebm] [Gb] You [Eb] know, [G] [Bb] [Db] [Eb]
if you want to do a little walk up.
[Ab] [A] [Bb]
[Eb] [Gb] And [Eb]
that walk up, [G]
from your G [Fm] to your A flat like [A] church.
A, [Bb] B flat, [C] C, [Db] D [D] flat, B [Eb] back to the E flat.
[Ab] [A] [Bb]
[Gb]
[Ebm] Make me wanna holla.
[Bbm] So, that's the whole song.
So you go to the [C] chain.
Make me wanna holla.
The way they do in my life.
Make me wanna holla.
[Ab] So you already know what I'm doing right there.
I'm on the A flat, walking up.
That's a C, D flat, D, E flat when I'm walking.
And my bass.
[C]
I got my minor in my right hand which is [F] a C, [C] F, G flat, B flat.
[Ab] Turn [Bb] around.
D, G [Ab] flat, A flat, [Bb] D flat, B flat, F on my left.
[Ebm]
If you want to, you can go church with me.
[Ab]
And that's just [Fm] taking the regular [Gb] A flat to your [Ab] G flat chord.
Which is A flat, C, [Gb] E flat, then G flat, G flat, B flat, D flat.
[Ab]
[Gb] You know, you can always use a cluster.
[Ebm]
[Gb]
[Eb] [Ab] Hey.
[A] [Bb] [Gb]
[Ebm]
Those are the tricks you can do there.
[C] Oh, and make me wanna holla.
The way they do in my life.
Make me wanna holla.
The way they do in my life.
[Bb] [Gb]
[Ebm] And it's real nice to play jazz, you know.
And another thing I like that Marvin did.
He went down to the C [E] minor.
He got, you know, [Gb] out of that.
[Ebm]
[Gm] [Eb] [Gm]
[Cm]
So let me give you that.
He just take the C minor.
Use that E flat major [Gm] 7 again.
[Eb]
You do the same bass [C] line.
Down, [Gm] up.
[Eb]
[C] So he did this on a [Gm] live version.
[Eb] That's your C, [Bb] G, B flat.
Back to [Eb] your C, to your [C] E flat.
[Eb]
[Cm] Then he, when he got out of that, he did something really creative.
He went down to [F] the G.
This is how Marvin did it.
[Gb] [Ebm]
[Ab] [Ebm] [Db] [Gb]
Back to the E flat.
So all I [F] did right there was went to a G, F major 7 in the right hand.
Half step up to my A [Gb] flat.
[Abm] A flat, E flat [Gb] in my left.
Turn it around with a G flat 7.
Major 7.
[Db] Back to the key of E flat.
So hopefully you can play [N] around with that.
And the way that looks like that because he went down to the C minor.
And we know E flat is the relative minor of, you know, C minor is the relative minor of E flat.
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_ _ _ _ _ Alright, going back to some more Marvin Gaye. _
Inner City Blues, another one of my favorite songs that Marvin did.
And this is a beautiful song and he wrote it back then when the war was going on and the war is still going on.
So this is another _ important song. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] So that bass line, E flat, _ _ [Db] _
E flat, B flat, [Eb] _ _ _
_ D [A] flat back to the [Eb] E flat, _
_ [Gb] _ _ turn on G flat. _
Same thing but next time around, end [Eb] on E flat. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ So we got the bass line.
_ _ And there's so many ways you can play this.
[Gb] But let's use this minor, E [Db] flat minor.
We already know, we all know what key [Gb] this is.
And all black notes pretty much. _ _
_ [Ebm] _ That's a B flat, D flat, E flat, G [Db] flat, and an [Ebm] A flat. _ _
_ _ _ Hey, _ _ _ _ if you had a bass player and you wanted to jazz it up, you can do something _ [Db] _ _ _ [Gb] _ like_
[Db] _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ You _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
know what I'm [Db] doing right there. _ _ _ _ _
_ Coming _ _ _ from the B flat, A flat, G flat to the F. _ _ _
[Gb] I'm just taking my left hand and doing, _ you know, all black notes which is the G flat, [Db] A flat, B flat, D flat. _ _ _
Do do do.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ You [Eb] know, [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Db] _ [Eb]
if you want to do a little walk up.
_ [Ab] _ [A] _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Gb] And _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ that walk up, [G] _
from your G [Fm] to your A flat like [A] church.
A, [Bb] B flat, [C] C, [Db] D [D] flat, B [Eb] back to the E flat.
_ _ [Ab] _ [A] _ [Bb] _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ Make me wanna holla. _
[Bbm] _ _ So, _ that's the whole song.
So you go to the [C] chain.
Make me wanna holla.
The way they do in my life.
_ _ _ Make me wanna holla.
[Ab] _ _ _ So you already know what I'm doing right there.
I'm on the A flat, walking up. _ _ _ _ _ _
That's a C, D flat, D, E flat when I'm walking. _
_ _ _ And my bass.
[C]
I got my minor in my right hand which is [F] a C, [C] F, _ G flat, B flat.
[Ab] Turn [Bb] around.
_ _ _ _ _ _ D, G [Ab] flat, _ _ _ A flat, [Bb] D flat, _ _ B flat, F on my left. _
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
If you want to, you can go church with me.
_ [Ab] _ _
_ And that's just [Fm] taking the regular [Gb] A flat to your [Ab] G flat chord.
_ _ _ Which is A flat, C, [Gb] E flat, then G flat, G flat, B flat, _ D flat.
_ [Ab] _
_ [Gb] _ You know, _ _ _ _ _ you can always use a cluster.
_ [Ebm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ [Ab] Hey.
[A] _ [Bb] _ [Gb] _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Those are the tricks you can do there.
_ _ _ [C] Oh, and make me wanna holla.
The way they do in my life. _
_ _ _ Make me wanna holla.
The way they do in my life.
[Bb] _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ebm] And it's real nice to play jazz, you know.
And _ _ another thing I like that Marvin did.
_ _ _ He went down to _ _ the _ _ C [E] minor.
He got, you know, [Gb] out of that. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
So let me give you that.
He just take the C minor.
Use that E flat major [Gm] 7 again.
_ _ [Eb] _
You do the same bass [C] line.
_ Down, [Gm] up.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ So he did this on a [Gm] live version.
_ [Eb] _ _ That's your C, [Bb] G, B flat.
_ _ _ Back to [Eb] your C, to your [C] E flat.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ Then he, when he got out of that, he did something really creative.
He went down to [F] the G.
_ _ _ _ This is how Marvin did it.
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ [Ab] _ [Ebm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ _ Back to the E flat.
So all I [F] did right there was went to a G, F major 7 in the right hand.
_ Half step up to my A [Gb] flat.
_ [Abm] A flat, E flat [Gb] in my left. _
Turn it around with a G flat 7.
_ _ Major 7.
[Db] Back to the key of E flat.
So hopefully you can play [N] around with that.
And the way that looks like that because he went down to the C minor.
And we know E flat _ is the relative minor of, you know, C minor is the relative minor of E flat. _ _ _ _ _ _

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