Chords for Kenny Wayne Shepherd Guitar Workshop
Tempo:
75.7 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Em
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Gm] [G]
[Gb] [Em] [G] My name is Kenny Wade Shepherd.
I'm here with Guitar Magazine to show you three licks from my new album, Going Home.
The first lick that I'm going to show you is from a song called Palace of the King.
It was originally recorded by Freddie King, and this is a bit of an obvious nod to his original opening riff on Palace of the King.
[B] [G]
So I'll play it one more time at regular speed for you.
And everything I'm going to show you today is based on the pentatonic scale, so it's basically just in that Bach scale position.
Nothing too fancy going in or out of that.
I'll do it one more time at regular speed, and then I'll slow it down and do it [Em] at a little bit slower speed.
[D] [G] Here's the slower version of it.
You have to make sure that when [B] you do that [G] first bend on the B string that you bend up to the high E, but you're going to let the high E ring [Dm] open.
So you're going to match that.
[G]
[Gm] [G] So the next lick that I'm going to show you comes from a Magic Sam song called Everything Gonna Be Alright.
This again is just based on the pentatonic scale, [C] and [G] it's going to be [Bm] [G] kind of like a Texas blues riff for you.
[Gb] [D]
[G] You'll hear this in a lot of Texas blues.
I'll do it one more time at regular speed, and then I'll slow it down for you.
[D]
[G] So a little bit slower for you.
So there's lots of pushes and pulls and a couple little hammers where you're just pulling off and not necessarily using the pick.
So it's a couple of different techniques all put together in one lick.
[Bm] [G]
The last lick that I'm going to show you comes from a B.B. King song called You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now.
This is just your typical slow blues in the key of C.
This is a pretty common B.B. King lick that he uses to either start a blues song or start his solo in the blues song.
So it's a signature B.B. King riff, and I threw it in there on my version of the same song.
[C] [Eb]
[Em] So again, it's pentatonic, and then he [G] starts down low, and then he does a half-step slide up into the natural key of C,
which is a really good way to introduce the song.
[C] [Eb]
[D] Make sure to play [Em] that quote.
[C] [Eb] [E] [D] [G] [A]
[C] [Eb] [G]
[C] [Gm] [E] [G]
[Gb] [Em] [G] My name is Kenny Wade Shepherd.
I'm here with Guitar Magazine to show you three licks from my new album, Going Home.
The first lick that I'm going to show you is from a song called Palace of the King.
It was originally recorded by Freddie King, and this is a bit of an obvious nod to his original opening riff on Palace of the King.
[B] [G]
So I'll play it one more time at regular speed for you.
And everything I'm going to show you today is based on the pentatonic scale, so it's basically just in that Bach scale position.
Nothing too fancy going in or out of that.
I'll do it one more time at regular speed, and then I'll slow it down and do it [Em] at a little bit slower speed.
[D] [G] Here's the slower version of it.
You have to make sure that when [B] you do that [G] first bend on the B string that you bend up to the high E, but you're going to let the high E ring [Dm] open.
So you're going to match that.
[G]
[Gm] [G] So the next lick that I'm going to show you comes from a Magic Sam song called Everything Gonna Be Alright.
This again is just based on the pentatonic scale, [C] and [G] it's going to be [Bm] [G] kind of like a Texas blues riff for you.
[Gb] [D]
[G] You'll hear this in a lot of Texas blues.
I'll do it one more time at regular speed, and then I'll slow it down for you.
[D]
[G] So a little bit slower for you.
So there's lots of pushes and pulls and a couple little hammers where you're just pulling off and not necessarily using the pick.
So it's a couple of different techniques all put together in one lick.
[Bm] [G]
The last lick that I'm going to show you comes from a B.B. King song called You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now.
This is just your typical slow blues in the key of C.
This is a pretty common B.B. King lick that he uses to either start a blues song or start his solo in the blues song.
So it's a signature B.B. King riff, and I threw it in there on my version of the same song.
[C] [Eb]
[Em] So again, it's pentatonic, and then he [G] starts down low, and then he does a half-step slide up into the natural key of C,
which is a really good way to introduce the song.
[C] [Eb]
[D] Make sure to play [Em] that quote.
[C] [Eb] [E] [D] [G] [A]
[C] [Eb] [G]
[C] [Gm] [E] [G]
Key:
G
C
D
Em
Eb
G
C
D
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ [Em] _ [G] My name is Kenny Wade Shepherd.
I'm here with Guitar Magazine to show you three licks from my new album, Going Home.
The first lick that I'm going to show you is from a song called Palace of the King.
It was originally recorded by Freddie King, and this is a bit of an obvious nod to his original opening riff on Palace of the King.
[B] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
So I'll play it one more time at regular speed for you.
And everything I'm going to show you today _ is based on the pentatonic scale, so it's basically just in that Bach scale position.
Nothing too fancy going in or out of that.
I'll do it one more time at regular speed, and then I'll slow it down and do it [Em] at a little bit slower speed. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] Here's the slower version of it. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ You have to make sure that when [B] you do that [G] first bend on the B string that you bend up to the _ high E, but you're going to let the high E ring [Dm] open.
So you're going to match that.
[G] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] So the next lick that I'm going to show you comes from a Magic Sam song called Everything Gonna Be Alright.
_ This again is just based on the pentatonic scale, [C] and [G] it's going to be _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] kind of like a Texas blues riff for you.
[Gb] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ You'll hear this in a lot of Texas blues.
I'll do it one more time at regular speed, and then I'll slow it down for you.
[D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ So a little bit slower for you.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
So there's lots of pushes and pulls and a couple little hammers where you're just pulling off and not necessarily using the pick.
So it's a couple of different techniques all put together in one lick. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [G] _ _ _
_ The last lick that I'm going to show you comes from a B.B. King song called You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now.
This is just your typical slow blues in the key of C.
This is a pretty common B.B. King lick that he uses to either start a blues song or start his solo in the blues song.
So it's a signature B.B. King riff, and I threw it in there on my version of the same song.
_ [C] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Em] _ So again, it's pentatonic, and then he [G] starts down low, and then he does a half-step slide up into the natural key of C,
which is a really good way to introduce the song.
[C] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [D] Make sure to play [Em] that quote.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Eb] _ [E] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _
[C] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [E] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ [Em] _ [G] My name is Kenny Wade Shepherd.
I'm here with Guitar Magazine to show you three licks from my new album, Going Home.
The first lick that I'm going to show you is from a song called Palace of the King.
It was originally recorded by Freddie King, and this is a bit of an obvious nod to his original opening riff on Palace of the King.
[B] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
So I'll play it one more time at regular speed for you.
And everything I'm going to show you today _ is based on the pentatonic scale, so it's basically just in that Bach scale position.
Nothing too fancy going in or out of that.
I'll do it one more time at regular speed, and then I'll slow it down and do it [Em] at a little bit slower speed. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] Here's the slower version of it. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ You have to make sure that when [B] you do that [G] first bend on the B string that you bend up to the _ high E, but you're going to let the high E ring [Dm] open.
So you're going to match that.
[G] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] So the next lick that I'm going to show you comes from a Magic Sam song called Everything Gonna Be Alright.
_ This again is just based on the pentatonic scale, [C] and [G] it's going to be _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] kind of like a Texas blues riff for you.
[Gb] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ You'll hear this in a lot of Texas blues.
I'll do it one more time at regular speed, and then I'll slow it down for you.
[D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ So a little bit slower for you.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
So there's lots of pushes and pulls and a couple little hammers where you're just pulling off and not necessarily using the pick.
So it's a couple of different techniques all put together in one lick. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [G] _ _ _
_ The last lick that I'm going to show you comes from a B.B. King song called You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now.
This is just your typical slow blues in the key of C.
This is a pretty common B.B. King lick that he uses to either start a blues song or start his solo in the blues song.
So it's a signature B.B. King riff, and I threw it in there on my version of the same song.
_ [C] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Em] _ So again, it's pentatonic, and then he [G] starts down low, and then he does a half-step slide up into the natural key of C,
which is a really good way to introduce the song.
[C] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [D] Make sure to play [Em] that quote.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Eb] _ [E] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _
[C] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [E] _ [G] _ _ _