Chords for 'Tell Mama' Etta James Guitar Lesson
Tempo:
115.8 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
F
C
D
Fm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Hey guitar buddies, let's take a look at Etta James Tell Mama
[F]
[D]
[C] [D] [C]
[Bb] [C] [D]
[C] [Bb]
[C] [F]
[Bb] [F] [Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F] [Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F] [Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F] [Bb] [F]
[D] [N] And back into the verse okay, so let's break it down
We start with it's going the chords are going [Fm] F
[Bb] [Fm] F to B flat
[Bb]
[F] But the guitars just playing
So
[Em] [F] I'm just playing F C and E flat to give it an F7
[G] [F]
Classic soul
Okay, [Am] and then we go into the verse
[Bm] So [A] I'm just playing [C] A [D] C D
5 3 and
[A] That D is taking us into a D minor chord
[D] [Dm]
[C] [D] [C] then a C [B] and
[Bb] [N] Then we go chromatically down from the C to a B flat [D] so
so [C] [N]
B D [D] minor
[C]
C
[B] C B B [Bb] flat
[C] C
[D] And then we play
[C]
[D] Those notes [Cm] again A C D
B [D] [C] minor C
[B]
[Bb] Same again B flat [C] and then just stop on the C with a little
there [F] we got
[Bb] [F] F [Bb] [N]
to B flat nine [F] times
[Bb] Get [F]
about [Gm] nine times last time stop on [Fm] the B flat [Bb]
[Am] and [D] then that takes us back into our verse
Just like we played it before and there's just some really simple elements to the song but a classic soul
You know keep it simple keep it funky and enjoy Tell Mama.
Thank you
[F]
[D]
[C] [D] [C]
[Bb] [C] [D]
[C] [Bb]
[C] [F]
[Bb] [F] [Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F] [Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F] [Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F] [Bb] [F]
[D] [N] And back into the verse okay, so let's break it down
We start with it's going the chords are going [Fm] F
[Bb] [Fm] F to B flat
[Bb]
[F] But the guitars just playing
So
[Em] [F] I'm just playing F C and E flat to give it an F7
[G] [F]
Classic soul
Okay, [Am] and then we go into the verse
[Bm] So [A] I'm just playing [C] A [D] C D
5 3 and
[A] That D is taking us into a D minor chord
[D] [Dm]
[C] [D] [C] then a C [B] and
[Bb] [N] Then we go chromatically down from the C to a B flat [D] so
so [C] [N]
B D [D] minor
[C]
C
[B] C B B [Bb] flat
[C] C
[D] And then we play
[C]
[D] Those notes [Cm] again A C D
B [D] [C] minor C
[B]
[Bb] Same again B flat [C] and then just stop on the C with a little
there [F] we got
[Bb] [F] F [Bb] [N]
to B flat nine [F] times
[Bb] Get [F]
about [Gm] nine times last time stop on [Fm] the B flat [Bb]
[Am] and [D] then that takes us back into our verse
Just like we played it before and there's just some really simple elements to the song but a classic soul
You know keep it simple keep it funky and enjoy Tell Mama.
Thank you
Key:
Bb
F
C
D
Fm
Bb
F
C
Hey guitar buddies, let's take a look at Etta James Tell Mama
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[C] _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [N] _ And back into the verse okay, so let's break it down
We start with it's going the chords are going [Fm] F _ _
[Bb] _ [Fm] F to B flat
_ [Bb] _
[F] But the guitars just playing
So _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [F] _ _ I'm just playing F C and E flat to give it an F7 _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ Classic soul
_ Okay, _ _ [Am] _ _ and then we go into the verse
_ [Bm] So [A] I'm just playing [C] A [D] C _ D
5 3 and
[A] That D is taking us into a D minor chord
[D] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [C] _ [D] _ _ _ [C] then a C [B] and
[Bb] [N] Then we go chromatically down from the C to a B flat [D] so
so _ [C] _ [N]
B D [D] minor
_ _ _ [C]
C
_ [B] C B B [Bb] flat _
_ [C] C
_ [D] And then we play
[C]
[D] Those notes [Cm] again A C D
B [D] _ _ _ _ [C] minor C
[B]
[Bb] Same again B flat [C] and then just stop on the C with a little
there [F] we got
[Bb] _ [F] F _ [Bb] _ _ [N] _
to B flat nine [F] times
_ [Bb] Get [F]
about [Gm] nine times last time stop on [Fm] the B flat [Bb]
[Am] and _ [D] then that takes us back into _ our verse
_ Just like we played it before and there's just some really simple elements to the song but a classic soul
You know keep it simple keep it funky and enjoy Tell Mama.
Thank you _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[C] _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [N] _ And back into the verse okay, so let's break it down
We start with it's going the chords are going [Fm] F _ _
[Bb] _ [Fm] F to B flat
_ [Bb] _
[F] But the guitars just playing
So _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [F] _ _ I'm just playing F C and E flat to give it an F7 _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ Classic soul
_ Okay, _ _ [Am] _ _ and then we go into the verse
_ [Bm] So [A] I'm just playing [C] A [D] C _ D
5 3 and
[A] That D is taking us into a D minor chord
[D] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [C] _ [D] _ _ _ [C] then a C [B] and
[Bb] [N] Then we go chromatically down from the C to a B flat [D] so
so _ [C] _ [N]
B D [D] minor
_ _ _ [C]
C
_ [B] C B B [Bb] flat _
_ [C] C
_ [D] And then we play
[C]
[D] Those notes [Cm] again A C D
B [D] _ _ _ _ [C] minor C
[B]
[Bb] Same again B flat [C] and then just stop on the C with a little
there [F] we got
[Bb] _ [F] F _ [Bb] _ _ [N] _
to B flat nine [F] times
_ [Bb] Get [F]
about [Gm] nine times last time stop on [Fm] the B flat [Bb]
[Am] and _ [D] then that takes us back into _ our verse
_ Just like we played it before and there's just some really simple elements to the song but a classic soul
You know keep it simple keep it funky and enjoy Tell Mama.
Thank you _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _