Chords for LESSON Gary Clark Jr - Bright Lights

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[Am] _ _ _ _ _ Hey what's up guys?
JJ here again with another Gary Clark Jr.
riff.
This one is called Bright Lights and this is a great exercise in rhythm guitar playing,
keeping your steady chop going like this.
_ _ _ [A] Keeping that groove going, keeping in the groove whilst changing these two chord shapes.
That's all there is.
This is what the entire song is based upon.
And of course the band and the playing dynamics of the band and the guitar player, they vary
throughout the tune and the vocal makes it more intense.
And then there's also the lead guitar which is really really fuzzed out.
That's what I love about Gary Clark Jr.
I'll play some licks that are very recognizable to play this tune as well.
Not too many because it's best to have your own take on the tune I always feel.
But let me just show you how you play this riff first.
So what you play is you play an open A string and then you basically play, basically what
you're playing is an A minor bar chord in the E shape.
So that's [Bb] 5, 7, [D] 7, [N] 5, 5, 5.
But only you're playing open A here so you're playing _ with your ring finger you're playing
7th fret on the D string and then you're playing a little bar over the 5th fret on the G, B
and E [Am] strings like this. _ _ _ _ _
It's [A] important that you fret this with your ring finger because you're going to want to
play a D minor chord like this by adding your pinky and your _ middle finger.
So then you're playing open A as well.
You're playing 7th fret on the D string like the other chord but you're playing a 7th fret
on the G string with your pinky.
With your middle finger you're playing 6th fret on the B string and you're playing 5th
fret on the E string.
But remember to leave that little bar over the 5th fret so you can vamp between [Dm] those two shapes.
[Am] _ _
So it takes a little bit of practice leaving the A minor shape intact throughout the tune
and whenever you're playing the D minor shape that's when you simply add your pinky and
[Eb] your middle finger but the rest keep the movement as small as possible in order to
keep in the [A] groove.
So you're playing this.
[Am] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
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[Am] _ _ So it takes a little bit of practice playing those chord stabs really staccato whilst keeping
the open A grooving like this.
_ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[G] Now about the lead playing I'll use the Magnetic Effects White Atom fuzz which is a germanium
silicon hybrid fuzz that sounds really cool.
An English boutique fuzz that I like a lot.
I'll switch that on to play some of the lead parts.
Throughout the intro and in between the vocals you hear this lick.
[Am] _ [D] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [E] So that's simply, _ let me play it without the fuzz, that's 5th fret [A] on the E string, 3rd
[C] fret on the A string and 5th fret on the A string but bending it up to the 6th or 7th
fret like this.
[D] _ _ Which of course is basically an [Am] A minor _ pentatonic. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] Ok, so again with the [Am] fuzz.
[D] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [C] _ [D] _ _
_ [N] _ Ok, [C] now then after [F] the first part there is this [Ab] recognizable [G] lead.
[Am] _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Gm] _
[C] _ [A] _ _ _ So I'll play it clean and break it down for you.
That's 7th fret on the D string, 5th fret on [C] the G string, 7th fret on [G] the G string,
5th fret on [Fm] the B [Em] string, _ [Gbm] _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _ [Gbm] _
[Em] _ _ that's the [C] first part.
And then you play 5th fret on the G string again, _ 7th fret on the [D] G string.
[C] _ [Gm] Like that.
And together they sound like [C] this.
[E] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [C] _
[D] _ _ So then you play it twice but the second [Gbm] time around you answer that phrase.
So you go like [C] this.
_ [Gm] And _ _ [Gbm] _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] then you play 5th fret on the G string.
[Ab] _ _ [E] Like [D] _ _
[C] _ [A] the _ _ _ [C] first time.
_ [D] _ And then [Gm] there is this lick, you play the 8th fret on the B [Em] string and then you bend
from 7th to 8th fret on [Ab] the G string.
_ [G] _ [A] 5th [C] fret on the G string, _ [Ab] 7th fret on [A] the A string.
[G] _ _
[C] _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[A] _ [F] Cool little hook in the song.
One more [Bbm] time with the fuzz just to finish.
[C] _
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ _
[Dm] _ [Am] So _ _ _ _ there you have it, Bright Lights by Gary Clark Jr.
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