Chords for Robben Ford - Rose of Sharon - Chords Lesson Video

_ Hey everybody, how you doing?
_ Here to break down a tune from Robin Ford's new record called Rose of Sharon _
Goes like this
[G] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ So that's pretty much
_ _ The verses are sung over this lick _
_ _ _ So the trick with this lick is open strings and thumb on G
So I play the [C] C
_ _ B G [Em] and the B and the G are [C] open so the C is
[Gb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ While you got this G [G] gone _ I _ _ [G] _
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[F] play this F [Bb] and B flat with this finger
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Gm] _ [G] _ _ _ You can play with these fingers.
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_ _ _ _ So that's the verses [C] sung over that line
_ [Bm] then the course is _
B minor 7 sharp 5
_ [Em]
approaching this E minor
_ _ [A] G _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ That's tricky chord, thank you Donald Fagan for that chord [Bb] that is a
_ B flat triad with an E flat in the bass _
That would be the mu cord for you Steely Dan fans out there and then go into [G] the C chord
_ It's really just a partial chord.
I'm playing C open G on D _
And I'm [C] sliding that down
[Gm] _ _ So B [C] flat C
_ [G] _ _ _ So _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
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that's pretty much the [C] verse once [G] again
_ [Em] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ Got to play it with feeling
_ Then the bridge and here we get some really beautiful harmony happening.
[C] Let me just play the bridge for you once _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ So that's the bridge.
So there's a lot of triads over bass notes in this bridge.
Which is what makes it [Em] so
_ _ _ _ Harmonic harmonically interesting and beautiful so starts off with a [Bb] B flat triad over C _ _ _ _
[C] Move it up to a
C triad over D _
And then what [Em] I'm hearing here is G minor
[Gm] _ triad over B flat
_ And move that up a whole [Am] step
_ Just a minor triad over C _
_ [Fm] _ _ Move it down _ _
_ F minor over a flat and then we're gonna go to an a [Am] minor 7 _ and _ then we're gonna go to a B [Bb] flat
_ _ 13 chord played like this
[Gm] _ _ _ _ And then back to this _ [Ab] B minor [G] 7 with a sharp 5
_ _ Very Steely Danish
[Am] _ _ _
_ See
_ 13 voice like this [D] back to the Steely Dan you chord B flat over E flat [Bb] _
and resolving down to
[C] _ _
C over D
_ [Gm] And there [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [D] you _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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_ [Gm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ have it so
Anyway, huge kudos goes out to a Robin Ford for writing such spectacular [Bb] harmony.
It's just beautiful _ _
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it and hope it helps you get through the [G] turn
_ [G] _ _ Just got [C] any questions.
Just leave them down in the comments, and I'll try to get them for you _
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