Chords for Jimi: All Is By My Side – guitarist Waddy Wachtel on his 60s Gibson Sunburst Les Paul
Tempo:
86.15 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
Eb
Em
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em] [G]
[E] [Em] How do you rank the great guitar players of all time?
Is Hendrix number one?
Who's up there with you?
Yeah, I think Hendrix is probably number one.
There's so many great guitar players.
Each one of them respects the other ones so very much.
Jimi Hendrix, like I said earlier, I don't know where
he learned to do what he did.
[F] I don't know how anyone learns that.
It's kind of like Robert Johnson leaving [G] Memphis for a
day and coming back the greatest guitar
player in the world.
Someone has sold him to the devil at the crossroads.
I don't know about how Jimi exactly did it, but he had
such a foundation of pure [B] guitar technique and
understanding of harmony and [A] melody.
[G] You [A] have a guitar coming out.
I [E] do indeed.
I do [D] indeed.
I have, [B] [A] well, [E] this guitar [N] is the first prototype that I
can't believe Gibson [A] has chosen to
[E] recreate my [A] 1960 Les Paul.
When I first moved to Los Angeles in [E] 1968, I was [C] a big
fan of the Mothers and Frank Zappa.
So I was [B] sporting a [Em] huge Gibson Super 400, the greatest
thing in the world for me.
I love it.
Fantastic.
[E] My band, we wound up being the first group to [G] rehearse at
Studio Instrument Rentals, which was a brand new company
then, they were [A] strictly renting instruments.
It [N] was my band in one room and Crosby, Stills, and Nash in
the other room.
And then the next week it was Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young there.
And all of a sudden, this [Am] room was, the walls were covered with guitars.
I'd never seen that.
I came to LA with a [A] guitar.
I got my first acoustic here.
I didn't even know what an [Em] acoustic was.
Jazz player, rock and roll player.
[E] So there was this room full of beautiful guitars.
And [Db] I knew I wanted a Les [Em] Paul again.
So I asked Steven, I said, would you consider
[A] selling one of them?
[G] He goes, yeah, sure.
He says, why don't we, [Gb] let's [Em] switch rooms tonight.
You guys rehearse in there, we'll rehearse in your room.
And just take your pick, find one you like.
[Eb] It came down to, at the end of the night, it was this
beautiful Sunburst, or the black three pickup.
Both of them had Bigsby's on them, which I loved.
And [Ab] I wound up choosing this one because [Eb] the 1960 neck is
[F] really thin this way.
[B] Very thin.
[Eb] Most Les Pauls are about out to here, a chunk.
Which for my hand, I'm never comfortable on that.
But as soon as my hand went around this neck,
it was over for me.
And that's the most, it's invisible in your hand.
It's just beautiful.
[Fm] And it was brighter.
It had more treble to it than the black one.
So I [Ab] chose this one.
Wound up getting some money together [Eb] and gave
Steven a check for it.
Do you remember what you paid?
Yeah, I remember exactly what I paid.
I paid $350 for it.
[Fm] $350 for this [Ab]
1960 Sunburst.
And [B] one of the funny moments in the years was I was doing a
session for [Ebm] Graham Nash one day.
And Steven came in and [Bb] said he'd forgotten about it.
And he's looking at me.
He's going, I want to know who sold you that guitar, man.
[Eb] Because whoever sold you that stole it from me.
And I'm going, oh really?
You sold it to me.
Personally, you sold it to me.
I handed you a check.
He goes, is that right?
Yeah, that's right.
Oh man, we were laughing about that for about a year.
That's the first time he missed it.
Yeah.
[Bb] So I've always cherished this guitar.
And I used it [Eb] on every record I played for countless [Ab] years.
[Eb]
[E] [Em] How do you rank the great guitar players of all time?
Is Hendrix number one?
Who's up there with you?
Yeah, I think Hendrix is probably number one.
There's so many great guitar players.
Each one of them respects the other ones so very much.
Jimi Hendrix, like I said earlier, I don't know where
he learned to do what he did.
[F] I don't know how anyone learns that.
It's kind of like Robert Johnson leaving [G] Memphis for a
day and coming back the greatest guitar
player in the world.
Someone has sold him to the devil at the crossroads.
I don't know about how Jimi exactly did it, but he had
such a foundation of pure [B] guitar technique and
understanding of harmony and [A] melody.
[G] You [A] have a guitar coming out.
I [E] do indeed.
I do [D] indeed.
I have, [B] [A] well, [E] this guitar [N] is the first prototype that I
can't believe Gibson [A] has chosen to
[E] recreate my [A] 1960 Les Paul.
When I first moved to Los Angeles in [E] 1968, I was [C] a big
fan of the Mothers and Frank Zappa.
So I was [B] sporting a [Em] huge Gibson Super 400, the greatest
thing in the world for me.
I love it.
Fantastic.
[E] My band, we wound up being the first group to [G] rehearse at
Studio Instrument Rentals, which was a brand new company
then, they were [A] strictly renting instruments.
It [N] was my band in one room and Crosby, Stills, and Nash in
the other room.
And then the next week it was Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young there.
And all of a sudden, this [Am] room was, the walls were covered with guitars.
I'd never seen that.
I came to LA with a [A] guitar.
I got my first acoustic here.
I didn't even know what an [Em] acoustic was.
Jazz player, rock and roll player.
[E] So there was this room full of beautiful guitars.
And [Db] I knew I wanted a Les [Em] Paul again.
So I asked Steven, I said, would you consider
[A] selling one of them?
[G] He goes, yeah, sure.
He says, why don't we, [Gb] let's [Em] switch rooms tonight.
You guys rehearse in there, we'll rehearse in your room.
And just take your pick, find one you like.
[Eb] It came down to, at the end of the night, it was this
beautiful Sunburst, or the black three pickup.
Both of them had Bigsby's on them, which I loved.
And [Ab] I wound up choosing this one because [Eb] the 1960 neck is
[F] really thin this way.
[B] Very thin.
[Eb] Most Les Pauls are about out to here, a chunk.
Which for my hand, I'm never comfortable on that.
But as soon as my hand went around this neck,
it was over for me.
And that's the most, it's invisible in your hand.
It's just beautiful.
[Fm] And it was brighter.
It had more treble to it than the black one.
So I [Ab] chose this one.
Wound up getting some money together [Eb] and gave
Steven a check for it.
Do you remember what you paid?
Yeah, I remember exactly what I paid.
I paid $350 for it.
[Fm] $350 for this [Ab]
1960 Sunburst.
And [B] one of the funny moments in the years was I was doing a
session for [Ebm] Graham Nash one day.
And Steven came in and [Bb] said he'd forgotten about it.
And he's looking at me.
He's going, I want to know who sold you that guitar, man.
[Eb] Because whoever sold you that stole it from me.
And I'm going, oh really?
You sold it to me.
Personally, you sold it to me.
I handed you a check.
He goes, is that right?
Yeah, that's right.
Oh man, we were laughing about that for about a year.
That's the first time he missed it.
Yeah.
[Bb] So I've always cherished this guitar.
And I used it [Eb] on every record I played for countless [Ab] years.
[Eb]
Key:
A
E
Eb
Em
G
A
E
Eb
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ How do you rank the great guitar players of all time?
Is Hendrix number one?
Who's up there with you? _
Yeah, I think Hendrix is probably number one.
There's so many great guitar players.
Each one of them respects the other ones so very much.
Jimi Hendrix, like I said earlier, I _ don't know where
he learned to do what he did.
[F] I don't know how anyone learns that.
It's kind of like Robert Johnson leaving [G] Memphis for a
day and coming back the greatest guitar
player in the world.
Someone has sold him to the devil at the crossroads.
I don't know about how Jimi exactly did it, but he had
such a foundation of pure [B] guitar technique and
understanding of harmony and [A] melody. _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] You [A] have a guitar coming out.
I [E] do indeed.
I do [D] indeed.
I have, [B] _ [A] well, [E] this guitar [N] is the first prototype that I
can't believe Gibson [A] has chosen to
[E] recreate my [A] 1960 Les Paul.
When I first moved to Los Angeles in [E] 1968, I was [C] a big
fan of the Mothers and Frank Zappa.
So I was [B] sporting a [Em] huge Gibson Super 400, the greatest
thing in the world for me.
I love it.
Fantastic.
_ _ [E] My band, we wound up being the first group to [G] rehearse at
Studio Instrument Rentals, which was a brand new company
then, they were [A] strictly renting instruments.
It [N] was my band in one room and Crosby, Stills, and Nash in
the other room.
And then the next week it was Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young there.
And all of a sudden, this [Am] room was, the walls were covered with guitars.
I'd never seen that.
I came to LA with a [A] guitar.
I got my first acoustic here.
I didn't even know what an [Em] acoustic was.
Jazz player, rock and roll player.
[E] So there was this room full of beautiful guitars.
And [Db] I knew I wanted a Les [Em] Paul again.
So I asked Steven, I said, would you consider
[A] selling one of them?
_ [G] He goes, yeah, sure.
He says, why don't we, [Gb] let's [Em] switch rooms tonight.
You guys rehearse in there, we'll rehearse in your room.
And just take your pick, find one you like.
[Eb] It came down to, at the end of the night, it was this
beautiful Sunburst, or the black three pickup.
Both of them had Bigsby's on them, which I loved.
And [Ab] I wound up choosing this one because [Eb] the 1960 neck is
[F] really thin this way.
[B] Very thin.
[Eb] Most Les Pauls are about out to here, a chunk.
Which for my hand, I'm never comfortable on that.
But as soon as my hand went around this neck,
it was over for me.
And that's the most, it's invisible in your hand.
It's just beautiful.
[Fm] And it was brighter.
It had more treble to it than the black one.
So I [Ab] chose this one.
Wound up getting some money together [Eb] and gave
Steven a check for it.
Do you remember what you paid?
Yeah, I remember exactly what I paid.
I paid $350 for it.
[Fm] $350 for this [Ab]
1960 Sunburst.
_ And [B] one of the funny moments in the years was I was doing a
session for [Ebm] Graham Nash one day.
And Steven came in and [Bb] said he'd forgotten about it.
And he's looking at me.
He's going, I want to know who sold you that guitar, man.
[Eb] Because whoever sold you that stole it from me.
And I'm going, oh really?
You sold it to me.
_ Personally, you sold it to me.
I handed you a check.
He goes, is that right?
Yeah, that's right.
Oh man, we were laughing about that for about a year.
That's the first time he missed it.
Yeah.
[Bb] So I've always cherished this guitar.
And I used it [Eb] on every record I played for countless [Ab] years.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ How do you rank the great guitar players of all time?
Is Hendrix number one?
Who's up there with you? _
Yeah, I think Hendrix is probably number one.
There's so many great guitar players.
Each one of them respects the other ones so very much.
Jimi Hendrix, like I said earlier, I _ don't know where
he learned to do what he did.
[F] I don't know how anyone learns that.
It's kind of like Robert Johnson leaving [G] Memphis for a
day and coming back the greatest guitar
player in the world.
Someone has sold him to the devil at the crossroads.
I don't know about how Jimi exactly did it, but he had
such a foundation of pure [B] guitar technique and
understanding of harmony and [A] melody. _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] You [A] have a guitar coming out.
I [E] do indeed.
I do [D] indeed.
I have, [B] _ [A] well, [E] this guitar [N] is the first prototype that I
can't believe Gibson [A] has chosen to
[E] recreate my [A] 1960 Les Paul.
When I first moved to Los Angeles in [E] 1968, I was [C] a big
fan of the Mothers and Frank Zappa.
So I was [B] sporting a [Em] huge Gibson Super 400, the greatest
thing in the world for me.
I love it.
Fantastic.
_ _ [E] My band, we wound up being the first group to [G] rehearse at
Studio Instrument Rentals, which was a brand new company
then, they were [A] strictly renting instruments.
It [N] was my band in one room and Crosby, Stills, and Nash in
the other room.
And then the next week it was Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young there.
And all of a sudden, this [Am] room was, the walls were covered with guitars.
I'd never seen that.
I came to LA with a [A] guitar.
I got my first acoustic here.
I didn't even know what an [Em] acoustic was.
Jazz player, rock and roll player.
[E] So there was this room full of beautiful guitars.
And [Db] I knew I wanted a Les [Em] Paul again.
So I asked Steven, I said, would you consider
[A] selling one of them?
_ [G] He goes, yeah, sure.
He says, why don't we, [Gb] let's [Em] switch rooms tonight.
You guys rehearse in there, we'll rehearse in your room.
And just take your pick, find one you like.
[Eb] It came down to, at the end of the night, it was this
beautiful Sunburst, or the black three pickup.
Both of them had Bigsby's on them, which I loved.
And [Ab] I wound up choosing this one because [Eb] the 1960 neck is
[F] really thin this way.
[B] Very thin.
[Eb] Most Les Pauls are about out to here, a chunk.
Which for my hand, I'm never comfortable on that.
But as soon as my hand went around this neck,
it was over for me.
And that's the most, it's invisible in your hand.
It's just beautiful.
[Fm] And it was brighter.
It had more treble to it than the black one.
So I [Ab] chose this one.
Wound up getting some money together [Eb] and gave
Steven a check for it.
Do you remember what you paid?
Yeah, I remember exactly what I paid.
I paid $350 for it.
[Fm] $350 for this [Ab]
1960 Sunburst.
_ And [B] one of the funny moments in the years was I was doing a
session for [Ebm] Graham Nash one day.
And Steven came in and [Bb] said he'd forgotten about it.
And he's looking at me.
He's going, I want to know who sold you that guitar, man.
[Eb] Because whoever sold you that stole it from me.
And I'm going, oh really?
You sold it to me.
_ Personally, you sold it to me.
I handed you a check.
He goes, is that right?
Yeah, that's right.
Oh man, we were laughing about that for about a year.
That's the first time he missed it.
Yeah.
[Bb] So I've always cherished this guitar.
And I used it [Eb] on every record I played for countless [Ab] years.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _