Chords for 'Spirit in the Sky' Norman Greenbaum/Dr & The Medics Guitar Lesson

Hey Guitar Buddies, let's do Spirit in the Sky, which is quite similar to my last video,
my Cuckoo Chew. _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[D] So that's the famous intro, great little [B] intro.
So I'm just playing an octave A [A] here. _ _ _
_ _ A _ [E] _ and then _ A [G#] _ on the _ bottom string, so 7 and [F#m] 5. _ _ _
[B] _ And then I'm just doing, _ _ _ kind of picking upwards.
[A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [B] So just stay on that [A] A octave. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] And then _ I'm changing the bottom note to a D, keeping the A on top. _ _
_ _ [F#] And then _ [G] _ play the C and [C] A.
_ _ _ [D] _ _
_ So _ _ _ _ _ 5, 7, [A] 3, 7. _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] And then it's just the same, but we reverse the last two notes.
So we go C to D, rather than D to [F#m] C. _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
Now over that you could play [Bm] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ a little sort of psychedelic lick that you hear _ on both [D] versions. _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ And I'm just bending up here on the 7th fret and bending both the D, the G sorry, and the B strings.
[Cm] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ And then just releasing them back down.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ So put that over the top.
You could play it _ an [B] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [G] octave higher if you wanted to. _
_ _ So then we've got the chords for the [F#m] song.
_ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ So that's the first chords, and just simply A, _ _ [F#] D, _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ A, _ [B] _
E.
_ [E] _ _ _ _
And on the E you kind of play
a bar and a half.
1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 1, 2.
And then the second time you [G] go back to it, you only play it for a bar before going back
to [A] the A.
So you only play four beats, not six.
So that's the basic chord structure of the song. _
Now for the solo.
_ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ Okay, so what we play here is the chords play [A] _ G _ [E] _
to [Am] A.
_ _ And then we [G] play over that, play _ A,
G to A, but a single [A] note.
_ _ [G] So just hammering [A] G to A.
And _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ then the chords [G] go.
_ _ [A] _
_ [G] _ So the chords kind of play a little progression and then the [B] notes follow it.
[G] So _ we've _ [A] got A, A, _ [G] A, G _ _ over these chords.
[A] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ And then going back to G, A.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ And then there's a C chord. _ _ _
And over that you can play [B] C, B, [C] C. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D]
Then back [G] to G, A.
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ And [A] the same again. _
[G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ And the [C] chords play C, [D] G, [C] and C, [D] _
[A] D.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[C] Then back into the intro.
So over that _ _ [D] C _ [E] to D you've got _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[A] C, A, [C] C.
So I'm just going up [Am] the scale in a pattern.
C, [C] A, C, [A] D, C, D, [Em] E, D, E, G, [G] E, G, [A] _ A.
[D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
Great fun tune.
Enjoy! _ _ _ _