Chords for Voyage To Atlantis Lesson - The Isley Brothers

_ _ All right, so this is
[G#] Voice to Atlantis yet again [C] another Isley Brothers.
I've been stuck on them [C#] for like _ _ [G] a whole week now
But I mean [A#] Ernie Isley, he's [N] the shit.
Anyway, voice to Atlantis.
First of all, it's in a key of B minor
[Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] The beginning is very simple
It [G#] goes from a E minor [Em] to _ _ _ [Bm] a B minor
for [A] A major
back [Em] to E minor _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
Into that B [Em] minor.
The thing about the E minor though, _ it's played backwards.
I learned [C] that from uh, _
Man, _ _ I think it's Plum
Plum Dog.
That's another user on here and I hear it [Em] in the song too.
So that E minor is played backwards
[Bm] The [A] rest of the chord is okay [C] though.
The regular chord progression goes from a B minor
_ [Bm] Okay, _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _
so it starts at a B minor
to [Fm] an F minor [F#m] 7
to [G#m] an [A] A major _
to [Bm] _ _ a B [G] minor _
to a G major
So [A] _ an A major and then [Bm] back to the B
Okay, [Em] so those are kind of thrown in at the end, you know really quick.
[Fm] But once you get the rhythm is fairly simple action
_ [Bm] Another _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ [G] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [N] crucial thing.
I think that is very important that you do the beat
[Bm] _
Here, [F#] I don't like bar chords where I have [Fm] to bar with my whole finger
but the reason I like doing it up here is because
It [E] gives it the [C] voicing of the bass notes and the treble notes at the same [G#] time because
_ _ [C#] [E] It keeps that note in there if you do it all the way [Bm] up here
_ It [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ [G] _
_ loses the element.
[Bm] So here though
Still _ playing with [F#m] that note
_ Brought it down [A] a half step
[Bm] _ [G] _ _
It [Em] _ all stays right there, okay
so _ to the solo
Best part [G] of the whole song [G#] well, it's not really the solo.
It's just you [N] know the intro part but uh
I'm gonna run through it really quick.
And this is just my own interpretation of it
It may not be exact but this is just how I play
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ [B] _ Keep in mind we're still in B [A] minor
_ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _
[G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[Bm] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _
[G] _ _ _ [A] _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [A] So [Bm] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ [G] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ [Bm] _ [G] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ that's [N] that's it right there so I'm actually gonna run through an actual [G] tab on what's going on right here
[C] _ _
_ _ Most [G#] people play it at the 12th fret they do this bend.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ I don't like the high E string doesn't have a lot of sustain to it
[Em] And plus I like playing it down here because it's easier to get the vibrato down
I think this is [Fm] a really good solo for [N] beginners and even expert players because it teaches [A] you how to
[B] You know actually put [E] some feeling into what you're playing.
[G] So
We got this bend here [Em] at the 17th fret.
We're gonna bend it all the way up to the [E] 19th fret on the B string
_ We're gonna start here [G#] and _ end there
_ So _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ the [C#] first part [D] is
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ That's _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ the whole [G] essence of the song just that
_ [D] _ [B] So _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ it goes [F#] from that bend up here
_ [E] Bring it back down to the [G] 17th fret
_ Go _ _ from the 15th to the 14th
You _ pick both I rather slide
[A#] _ Actually _ [D] _
_ [C#] _ what I [G] do is _ _ _
I pull off of the 17th onto the [F] 15th, then I [C#m] pick the 14th
_ _ You pick the [Gm] 15th fret
_ Then [Em] your ring finger goes on the 16th fret of the G string
You _ _ [B] [C] give it a really subtle vibrato.
That's really [G#] important about it when I first started playing it.
I [B] kind of gave it a
[C] _ _ [G] Like a really wild vibrato.
It doesn't call for that.
It's a really slow subtle [N] vibrato _ chorus _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
Anyway really slow [G#] vibrato, okay, _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ so instead of ending [F] on that B
_ [Em] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [C#m] Then _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ you actually go down to box [E] one of the B minor
_ [A] _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ Once again very very slow [D] vibrato _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ [F#] _ _ [G] _ [C#] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Em] Once again, it's [Dm] just that [C#m] same
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [A] Once again
[Em] _ _ [D] _
_ Once you get to [E] this note this time you're gonna [G] slide it all the way up to the
_ [A] 19th fret of the G [Em] string some other people _ I'm sorry
[G] _ some [D]
people go
_ [G] _ _ [Bm] Do it on a completely different string.
I just keep my same finger on the
[A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ Then you go back down to the [A] 14th fret of the G [E] and then once again that bend
[D] _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ [G] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ [G] _ _
_ [A] _ [E] _ [Bm] _ [D] _ _ Once [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ [G] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [Em]
again very subtle solo, I [N] mean it's fairly easy, but you got to put a lot of soul into it
That's definitely not the best rendition.
I mean, I'm no Ernie Isley or anything, but
That's just my interpretation of it, and I