Chords for Robben Ford Guitar Lesson - #5 - Blues Motif Revolution

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_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] So here [D] we have a nice shuffle [B] feel. _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ [E] _
It's in [C#m] the key of A.
_ _ [F#] _ _
It's not a 12-bar [C#m] blues, right?
It's [D] _ what we call an 8-bar [F#] blues.
There's [B] 3 bars, 4 [E] bars, right?
_ _ _ [D#] 5, 6, _ [C#m] _ 7, _ [D] _ 8.
[C] And then this [D] _ _ _ [G#] [A] has a bridge.
_ _ _ [G] _ [E] Goes to D and back to A.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [G#] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [B] 5 chord.
[C#] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [D] _ And [C#m] _ _ [B] there's _ [G] _ an [E] automatic sense of
uh, uh, [D#] [B] uh, uh, [C#] that I get.
You know?
[D] _ _
[G] It's a classic blues feel.
[C#m] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] Again, [B] the thing starts off with [C#m] the drummer playing on his hi-hat.
[D] _ [G] And he moves to his ride [A] cymbal after a while, right?
[D] Occasional [C#m] drum fill [G] to take you into the next section. _
So [A] there's this _ [E] journey going on.
This building [A] going on.
[E] _ [G] It's something that happens a lot, [G] you know, in blues and blues playing
[A] as it does in rock and roll.
[F#] People start at one level [G] and they stay at one level, you know?
_ _ _ [A] And it's always been [D] surprising to me.
[B] I grew up listening to [C#m] music that indeed _
[A] had the quality of dynamic [G] synod.
They were [F#] always inherent in the music of, you know, ebb and flow,
of build, [Cm] of [B] louder, softer.
[C#m] _ _ And, [E] you know, [G#] the great [Bm] blues players
[C#m] spent a lot of [D] time playing really [E] quietly.
_ [A] So it's something that you [F#] want to exercise in your music. _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [B]
So, um, _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] so now let's look at some [A] motifs.
_ Um, [B] and I play this [C] way all the time.
You know, I'll [D] play one thing for 12 bars.
[Gm] Then I'll play something like it [C#m] for 12 bars.
_ [G] And, you know, generally I'll establish [C] a pattern that
will [D] go all the way through a full 12-bar progression each time.
_ _ [B] _ So, uh, [E] this first one _ [D#] that comes to mind naturally [C#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ is_
[C] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ We're on the [F#m] bridge.
We're on the bridge here.
_ [E] _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [D#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C#] _ [E] _ _
[G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F#] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [D#] Right?
[B] _
[C#m] Every chord.
Now you can also [D] use kind of a riff.
[E] Like I would do something I_ _ _ _
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
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_ [A] _ _ [E] One of those things you can do through a [Bm] blues.
_ [D] Play the same thing
[B] _ _ [G] _
over each chord.
[A] _ _ [E] It just works [A] nicely.
The blues is beautiful that [D] way.
So a little different chord thing.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [G] _ [C#] Bridge, right?
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _
Things like [D] that.
So let's do a [C] performance and [B] show you a few more.