Chords for Warren Haynes on Slide Guitar in Standard Tuning | Reverb Interview
Tempo:
136.5 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
E
F
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [G] [D]
[B] [E] [D]
[G]
I think [Ab] I started playing slide guitar when I was about 14.
I first started playing in standard tuning because I had not heard anything about open tunings.
And it was a little frustrating and confusing.
And then somebody told me, oh no, you need to tune your guitar to open E or open G or
something like that.
So then I started doing that.
That made it a little bit easier.
Open E is bluesier.
Open G is a little brighter, a little country-er.
And they're both beautiful and I love to utilize them from time to time.
But then eventually I started playing in standard tuning again because I realized that it gave
me more of my own voice to play in standard tuning.
I could play stuff that was less conventional and less traditional.
And I could kind of play whatever popped into my head because it was the same tuning I was accustomed to.
And there were a few other people that were doing that too, but most people prefer open
tunings for obvious reasons.
The harmonics are better.
All the licks that we are used to hearing are right at your fingertips.
It's very convenient.
[E]
[F] Well, there is a way, or several different ways of kind of emulating open tuning and standard tuning.
The B, the G, and the D [G] give you a three-note chord that [D] is the same as open G if you're
only playing those three notes.
When I'm playing melodic stuff and chordal stuff, I tend to pivot off that a lot.
[G]
[F] [G] [N]
So that could just as easily be an open G because that's the thing that those two tunings
have in common.
So I think to play a slide guitar in standard tuning, one of the things you have to do is
figure out how you can emulate some open tuning stuff.
You can emulate some open E stuff.
That could just as easily be open E.
I was listening to Johnny Winter and Dwayne Allman, and then Lowell George, Ry Cooter,
and David Lindley.
Those were all people that kind of turned my head.
They were all mostly doing open tuning stuff.
Lowell George was a lot of open G and capo.
He would move the capo around.
But he did a lot of single note stuff.
[G] [Bm]
[Bb] [G]
So it doesn't matter what tuning you're in if you're just playing one string as far as
the listener can tell.
Dwayne Allman played mostly an open E, but there were two songs I think in his recorded
career that were standard.
One was Dreams, the solo he played in Dreams, which is gorgeous, and what he played in Mountain Jam.
And so that kind of allowed him to play some more melodic stuff than he would have played
in the bluesier tuning.
But for me, I really like being able to decide moment by moment, am I going to play slide
or am I just going to play regular guitar?
So there's a lot of moments during the night where I'll just go pick up the slide and start
playing, whether I've played it on that song before or not, or vice versa.
And so it's a way of not having to switch guitars every time you get a whim.
[Em] [Abm]
[B] [E] [D]
[G]
I think [Ab] I started playing slide guitar when I was about 14.
I first started playing in standard tuning because I had not heard anything about open tunings.
And it was a little frustrating and confusing.
And then somebody told me, oh no, you need to tune your guitar to open E or open G or
something like that.
So then I started doing that.
That made it a little bit easier.
Open E is bluesier.
Open G is a little brighter, a little country-er.
And they're both beautiful and I love to utilize them from time to time.
But then eventually I started playing in standard tuning again because I realized that it gave
me more of my own voice to play in standard tuning.
I could play stuff that was less conventional and less traditional.
And I could kind of play whatever popped into my head because it was the same tuning I was accustomed to.
And there were a few other people that were doing that too, but most people prefer open
tunings for obvious reasons.
The harmonics are better.
All the licks that we are used to hearing are right at your fingertips.
It's very convenient.
[E]
[F] Well, there is a way, or several different ways of kind of emulating open tuning and standard tuning.
The B, the G, and the D [G] give you a three-note chord that [D] is the same as open G if you're
only playing those three notes.
When I'm playing melodic stuff and chordal stuff, I tend to pivot off that a lot.
[G]
[F] [G] [N]
So that could just as easily be an open G because that's the thing that those two tunings
have in common.
So I think to play a slide guitar in standard tuning, one of the things you have to do is
figure out how you can emulate some open tuning stuff.
You can emulate some open E stuff.
That could just as easily be open E.
I was listening to Johnny Winter and Dwayne Allman, and then Lowell George, Ry Cooter,
and David Lindley.
Those were all people that kind of turned my head.
They were all mostly doing open tuning stuff.
Lowell George was a lot of open G and capo.
He would move the capo around.
But he did a lot of single note stuff.
[G] [Bm]
[Bb] [G]
So it doesn't matter what tuning you're in if you're just playing one string as far as
the listener can tell.
Dwayne Allman played mostly an open E, but there were two songs I think in his recorded
career that were standard.
One was Dreams, the solo he played in Dreams, which is gorgeous, and what he played in Mountain Jam.
And so that kind of allowed him to play some more melodic stuff than he would have played
in the bluesier tuning.
But for me, I really like being able to decide moment by moment, am I going to play slide
or am I just going to play regular guitar?
So there's a lot of moments during the night where I'll just go pick up the slide and start
playing, whether I've played it on that song before or not, or vice versa.
And so it's a way of not having to switch guitars every time you get a whim.
[Em] [Abm]
Key:
G
D
E
F
B
G
D
E
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I think [Ab] I started playing slide guitar when I was about 14.
I first started playing in standard tuning because I had not heard anything about open tunings.
And it was a little frustrating and confusing.
And then somebody told me, oh no, you need to tune your guitar to open E or open G or
something like that.
So then I started doing that.
That made it a little bit easier.
_ Open E is bluesier.
_ Open G is a little brighter, a little country-er.
And _ they're both beautiful and I love to utilize them from time to time.
But then eventually _ I started _ playing in standard tuning again because I realized that it gave
me more of my own voice to play in standard tuning.
I could play stuff that was less conventional and less traditional.
And I could kind of play whatever popped into my head because it was the same tuning I was accustomed to.
And there were a few other people that were doing that too, but most people prefer open
tunings for obvious reasons.
The harmonics are better.
All the licks that we are used to hearing are right at your fingertips. _
_ _ It's very convenient.
[E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] Well, there is a way, or several different ways of kind of emulating _ _ open tuning and standard tuning.
_ The B, the G, and the D [G] _ _ _ _ give you a three-note chord that [D] is the same as open G if you're
only playing those three notes.
When I'm playing melodic stuff and chordal stuff, I tend to pivot off that a lot.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [N]
So that could just as easily be an open G because that's the thing that those two tunings
have in common.
So I think to play a slide guitar in standard tuning, one of the things you have to do is
figure out how you can emulate some open tuning stuff.
You can _ emulate some open E stuff.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ That could just as easily be open E.
I was listening to Johnny Winter and Dwayne Allman, and then Lowell George, _ Ry Cooter,
and _ David Lindley.
Those were all people that kind of turned my head.
They were all mostly doing open tuning stuff.
Lowell George was a lot of open G and capo.
He would move the capo around.
_ But he did a lot of single note stuff.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ So it doesn't matter what tuning you're in if you're just playing one string as far as
the listener can tell.
_ _ Dwayne Allman played mostly an open E, _ but there were two songs I think in his recorded
career that were standard.
One was Dreams, the solo he played in Dreams, which is gorgeous, and what he played in Mountain Jam.
And so that kind of allowed him to play some more melodic stuff than he would have played
in the bluesier tuning.
But for me, _ I really like being able to decide moment by moment, am I going to play slide
or am I just going to play regular guitar?
So there's a lot of moments during the night where I'll just go pick up the slide and start
playing, whether I've played it on that song before or not, or vice versa.
And so _ _ it's a way of not having to switch guitars every time you get a whim.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I think [Ab] I started playing slide guitar when I was about 14.
I first started playing in standard tuning because I had not heard anything about open tunings.
And it was a little frustrating and confusing.
And then somebody told me, oh no, you need to tune your guitar to open E or open G or
something like that.
So then I started doing that.
That made it a little bit easier.
_ Open E is bluesier.
_ Open G is a little brighter, a little country-er.
And _ they're both beautiful and I love to utilize them from time to time.
But then eventually _ I started _ playing in standard tuning again because I realized that it gave
me more of my own voice to play in standard tuning.
I could play stuff that was less conventional and less traditional.
And I could kind of play whatever popped into my head because it was the same tuning I was accustomed to.
And there were a few other people that were doing that too, but most people prefer open
tunings for obvious reasons.
The harmonics are better.
All the licks that we are used to hearing are right at your fingertips. _
_ _ It's very convenient.
[E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] Well, there is a way, or several different ways of kind of emulating _ _ open tuning and standard tuning.
_ The B, the G, and the D [G] _ _ _ _ give you a three-note chord that [D] is the same as open G if you're
only playing those three notes.
When I'm playing melodic stuff and chordal stuff, I tend to pivot off that a lot.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [N]
So that could just as easily be an open G because that's the thing that those two tunings
have in common.
So I think to play a slide guitar in standard tuning, one of the things you have to do is
figure out how you can emulate some open tuning stuff.
You can _ emulate some open E stuff.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ That could just as easily be open E.
I was listening to Johnny Winter and Dwayne Allman, and then Lowell George, _ Ry Cooter,
and _ David Lindley.
Those were all people that kind of turned my head.
They were all mostly doing open tuning stuff.
Lowell George was a lot of open G and capo.
He would move the capo around.
_ But he did a lot of single note stuff.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ So it doesn't matter what tuning you're in if you're just playing one string as far as
the listener can tell.
_ _ Dwayne Allman played mostly an open E, _ but there were two songs I think in his recorded
career that were standard.
One was Dreams, the solo he played in Dreams, which is gorgeous, and what he played in Mountain Jam.
And so that kind of allowed him to play some more melodic stuff than he would have played
in the bluesier tuning.
But for me, _ I really like being able to decide moment by moment, am I going to play slide
or am I just going to play regular guitar?
So there's a lot of moments during the night where I'll just go pick up the slide and start
playing, whether I've played it on that song before or not, or vice versa.
And so _ _ it's a way of not having to switch guitars every time you get a whim.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _