Chords for Tennessee Whiskey - Chris Stapleton - 3 Chord Country Guitar Tutorial

[Em] _ [F#] _ [A] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [B] _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [B] _
_ [C#] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
Hey, guitar friends, my name is [N] Robbie Trujillo.
Thanks for being here and learning another one with me today.
I'm here to help you become a better guitar player and learn how to play your favorite
country songs on guitar.
[G] Today I'm doing a lesson on Tennessee Whiskey by Chris Stapleton. _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] The chords we're going to play on this one are E, _ _ B [Bm] minor, _ _ _ and [A] A. _
And I'm also going
to play this A chord with just my first finger barring the second fret.
And the reason for that is we're going to be doing a hammer-on here on this [F#] A chord,
and we're going to [A] be hammering on [C#m] the second string from [D] the second fret to the third fret,
and [Em] the fourth string from the [F#] second fret to the [A] fourth fret.
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ The strumming part for the intro is going to start on the A chord, so here's how we
would strum the intro. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ The strumming pattern I'm doing is down, down, up, down, up. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] Now let's learn the lead part.
We'll start on the sixth string open.
Pick that, [F#] then pick the second fret, [A] then the fifth string open, _ _ and then fifth string
[B] second fret, and we're going to slide up to the fourth [C#] fret. _ _
_ [E] _ [F#] _ [A] _ [C#] _ _ _
Then _ we'll come back down to the second fret, slide up again, _ and [C#m] [B] then slide down, then
[A] open up the fifth string, then [C#] we're going to slide up again, _ [B] then _ _ _ come back down to
the second fret, then we're going to slide up again twice, [C#] _ _
then pick once, and slide
[B] back down, _ _ then slide back up one [C#] more time, and come back down, [B] _ [A] then open up the fifth
string, _ _ and then we can start our strumming there.
[D] _ [A] _ _ _
[Em] So here's that straight through one more time.
_ [A] _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ [A] _ [C#] _ [B] _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [C#] _ [B] _ [A] _ _ _ [D]
And [A] _ _ _ _ here's our first verse.
_ _ _ Used to spend my nights out [Bm] in a bar room. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Liquor was the only love [A] I'd known.
_ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ But you rescued me from reaching for the [Bm] bottom. _ _ _ _ _
Brought me back from being too [A] far gone.
_ [D] _ [A] _ _
[E] And you can go to the E chord [A] right before we go into the chorus, back to the A.
[E] _ _ [A] More as smooth _ as _ Tennessee [Bm] whiskey. _
_ _ _ _ More as sweet _ as _ [A] strawberry wine.
[D] _ [A] _ _ _ More as warm as _ [Bm] glass brandy.
_ _ _ _ I'll stay strong on your love all [A] the [D] time.
_ [A] _ _ _ [A] _ [C#] _
And throughout this song, if you just want to [A] use this position for the A chord and not
do the hammer-ons, you can just stay on that A chord.
Here's how we play the next verse.
_ _ I've looked for love in all the same old [Bm] places. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Found the bottom of the bottles always dry.
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ But when you poured out your heart, I [Bm] didn't waste it. _ _ _
Cause there's nothing like your love to get [A] me high. _ _ _
[E] More [A] as smooth _ _ as Tennessee [Bm] whiskey. _ _ _ _
More as sweet _ as _ [A] strawberry wine.
[D] _ [A] _ _
_ More as _ warm as _ glass [Bm] _ _ brandy. _ _
_ I'll stay strong _ on your love all [A] the [D] time.
[A] _
Then we [C] have our instrumental break and then we play through the chorus one more time and
finish up the [A] song.
Hopefully this was a helpful lesson for you.
Thank you so much for being here.
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