Chords for Jimmy Reed - Stuff People Play Wrong!!!

Hey ladies and gentlemen, it is I, The Kid, I'm back [G] and by popular [Bb] demand, no less.
[Ab] Uh, yes, I've discovered more stuff that people hack up, play around, or play in their own style,
including well-known [G] professionals, in their own style [Ab] that, uh, in no way eclipses the original
So, [G] I'm gonna focus on [C] some Jimmy Reed today.
[Ab] I know Jimmy Reed is not a song, he's a person.
He did have a signature type of shuffle that, uh, people have even made, you know, big
[G] tributes to his shuffle and, uh, that don't mean [B] that they're playing it [D] in any way that [C] has the
same laid-back, [Em] rolling along kind of feel that a Jimmy Reed shuffle has.
The [Ab] reason is most guitar
players think Jimmy Reed's simple, [E] you know, the hair, _ _ _ and they go, oh, I know that.
Okay, sure you do.
There's also a bunch of different ways to play just what I just played.
_ There's also more to it,
a good, healthy, balanced Jimmy Reed groove.
Okay, but I'm gonna start with [Ab] that part.
_ Here it comes.
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Now, if you don't think it's fun playing this for a whole song, _ [E]
then you're doing it wrong.
And you suck.
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_ _ All right, part two.
Part two.
The drums.
A lot of guys tend to play a 12-8.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ Don't do that.
You'll mess with the whole [E] ambiguity of the Jimmy Reed groove. _ _
_ [D] Play a shuffle,
_ [A] _ [Gbm] not even a double shuffle, just play two-four on the [E] snare, _ _ and then [B] we will fill out with this part.
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Free drummers, what do you_
[A] _ _ _ _
This is the part [E] that's almost always missing _
_ _ [B] today.
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[B] Got three guitar [E] players, _ _ _ _ and one guy to do this. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[B] _ _ [E] _ So, there you go.
Now you know how to play the guitar _ and the drums for a Jimmy Reed groove.
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But what of the bass?
[E] _ _ _ _ What of the bass?
_ [B] Well, a lot of Jimmy Reed records don't [A] have bass on them.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ I'll [B] _ _ [E] _ tell you a good starting point. _
Quarter notes, _ _ _ _ _ _ walking.
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Allow [E] it to demonstrate. _ _ _ _
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_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] There you _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ go. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ Or you can even do half [Bm]-time.
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So, there you go.
A _ _ _ little bit higher.
[A] What do you expect, man?
It's free. _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ So, the next time I see [B] somebody playing a Jimmy Reed shuffle [A] that doesn't roll,
I'm just gonna assume [E] you don't have the internet.
_ [B] Okay, that's it for [E] today.
Get out.
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