Chords for Allman Brothers guitarist on better guitar tone "I could hear every note in the chord"
Tempo:
134.3 bpm
Chords used:
E
G
Em
A
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
My name's Jack Pearson and I'm a guitar player.
[Em]
[A] I [Em] was born in Nashville, Tennessee.
[Am] My daddy was a banjo player.
My oldest brother taught me how to play [G] guitar.
[D] I [E] would learn from his records.
He had a [Em] lot [G] of 50s and [C] 60s blues [D] and [G] R&B and all that Chuck Berry stuff.
[Dm]
[E] And he'd say, here boy, learn how to do this.
So I'd learn how to do it, you know.
He gave me a chart of [G] the guitar neck and told me to memorize all the [E] notes.
And then I started seeing how [B] everything was linked together.
[G] And he gave me a lot of [Em] good head starts.
I [E] just played all the time.
[A] And if I heard anything I [E] liked, I would sit with that record and scratch them up [Am] until I learned [Gbm] how to do it.
[E] I was always [G] in two or three [E] different bands and you'd play a variety [Am] of tunes.
[N]
I think that's [C] why I like a lot of the different [Gm] styles.
[Eb] I bounced back from the [C] Delta Blues and the Blues Rock and [Am] the [Bb] jazz [Ab]
influences in the [Eb] country.
I just [Ab] like anything that sounds good [F] to me.
[E] [Eb] I remember the first pan [Cm] gig with the guys I [Eb] had a band with in [C] school.
It was for [N] some kind of dance.
And I'll never forget, we were playing I'm Coming Home by Alvin Lee.
[Am] And [G] we was right in the middle of it and [Ab] at 12 [G] o'clock they cut the [Cm] power off.
[F] It was time to quit.
[Bb]
[F] [C] I [E]
[D] [G]
think it sounds great.
Last night I was playing a hollow [Em] body and a lot of the inner voicings in some of the [G] block chords and closed voicings.
The [D]
notes were [E] clearer.
You could hear every [Em] note of the chord better.
[G] It has a little more gain.
And if you roll the tone [Em] off, it doesn't get boxy.
The chords have to feel good too.
[Gm] The notes have to pop out [Cm] when you hit them.
[G]
I [E] like the creative process in the studio.
[A] You take something [E] and put it together.
A lot of times [A] on the [E] live gigs you'll try to [Em]
experiment and work [A] out something new.
[E] [Bb] I try not [E] to work out anything really.
I have a lot [A] of stuff I can fall back on when I'm not being creative.
But I really try to view something [E] that yesterday I might have heard as a mistake.
I [A] try to [E] view it as it's not a mistake.
It's leading me [Bb] somewhere to play [D] something I've never played before.
[Gb] I like that part of improvising.
[A] [B]
[C] [E] [D] I've [Ab] been so blessed to [Gm] play with [D] so many [E] people.
Vince Gill used to be in the Allman Brothers band.
I got to work with Jimmy [Em] Buffett and Mack [E] McAnally.
I got to play with Groove Holmes and Jimmy [Dbm] Smith and [E] Jimmy Rainey and Mundell Lowe.
[A] [Bm] Just a variety [Db] of [Ab] people.
[A] [Ab] [G] What a blessing to sit in the [E] kitchen with Chet Atkins and have him show me a [Dbm] chord.
[E] It's always neat to get to play with some of your heroes.
[Bm] Players can be so [Eb] giving to one [A] another and share things.
[E] That's what I like about music.
[Em]
I can touch [E] people's [Bbm] souls [Em] and stir up feelings.
[G]
[N]
[Em]
[A] I [Em] was born in Nashville, Tennessee.
[Am] My daddy was a banjo player.
My oldest brother taught me how to play [G] guitar.
[D] I [E] would learn from his records.
He had a [Em] lot [G] of 50s and [C] 60s blues [D] and [G] R&B and all that Chuck Berry stuff.
[Dm]
[E] And he'd say, here boy, learn how to do this.
So I'd learn how to do it, you know.
He gave me a chart of [G] the guitar neck and told me to memorize all the [E] notes.
And then I started seeing how [B] everything was linked together.
[G] And he gave me a lot of [Em] good head starts.
I [E] just played all the time.
[A] And if I heard anything I [E] liked, I would sit with that record and scratch them up [Am] until I learned [Gbm] how to do it.
[E] I was always [G] in two or three [E] different bands and you'd play a variety [Am] of tunes.
[N]
I think that's [C] why I like a lot of the different [Gm] styles.
[Eb] I bounced back from the [C] Delta Blues and the Blues Rock and [Am] the [Bb] jazz [Ab]
influences in the [Eb] country.
I just [Ab] like anything that sounds good [F] to me.
[E] [Eb] I remember the first pan [Cm] gig with the guys I [Eb] had a band with in [C] school.
It was for [N] some kind of dance.
And I'll never forget, we were playing I'm Coming Home by Alvin Lee.
[Am] And [G] we was right in the middle of it and [Ab] at 12 [G] o'clock they cut the [Cm] power off.
[F] It was time to quit.
[Bb]
[F] [C] I [E]
[D] [G]
think it sounds great.
Last night I was playing a hollow [Em] body and a lot of the inner voicings in some of the [G] block chords and closed voicings.
The [D]
notes were [E] clearer.
You could hear every [Em] note of the chord better.
[G] It has a little more gain.
And if you roll the tone [Em] off, it doesn't get boxy.
The chords have to feel good too.
[Gm] The notes have to pop out [Cm] when you hit them.
[G]
I [E] like the creative process in the studio.
[A] You take something [E] and put it together.
A lot of times [A] on the [E] live gigs you'll try to [Em]
experiment and work [A] out something new.
[E] [Bb] I try not [E] to work out anything really.
I have a lot [A] of stuff I can fall back on when I'm not being creative.
But I really try to view something [E] that yesterday I might have heard as a mistake.
I [A] try to [E] view it as it's not a mistake.
It's leading me [Bb] somewhere to play [D] something I've never played before.
[Gb] I like that part of improvising.
[A] [B]
[C] [E] [D] I've [Ab] been so blessed to [Gm] play with [D] so many [E] people.
Vince Gill used to be in the Allman Brothers band.
I got to work with Jimmy [Em] Buffett and Mack [E] McAnally.
I got to play with Groove Holmes and Jimmy [Dbm] Smith and [E] Jimmy Rainey and Mundell Lowe.
[A] [Bm] Just a variety [Db] of [Ab] people.
[A] [Ab] [G] What a blessing to sit in the [E] kitchen with Chet Atkins and have him show me a [Dbm] chord.
[E] It's always neat to get to play with some of your heroes.
[Bm] Players can be so [Eb] giving to one [A] another and share things.
[E] That's what I like about music.
[Em]
I can touch [E] people's [Bbm] souls [Em] and stir up feelings.
[G]
[N]
Key:
E
G
Em
A
D
E
G
Em
My name's Jack Pearson and I'm a guitar player.
[Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] I [Em] was born in Nashville, Tennessee.
[Am] My daddy was a banjo player.
My oldest brother taught me how to play [G] guitar.
_ [D] I [E] would learn from his records.
He had a [Em] lot [G] of 50s and [C] _ 60s blues [D] and [G] R&B and all that Chuck Berry stuff.
[Dm] _ _
[E] And he'd say, here boy, learn how to do this.
So I'd learn how to do it, you know.
_ _ _ _ He gave me a chart of [G] the guitar neck and told me to memorize all the [E] notes.
And then I started seeing how [B] everything was linked together.
_ [G] And he gave me a lot of [Em] good _ head starts. _ _ _ _
_ I [E] just played all the time.
[A] And if I heard anything I [E] liked, I would sit with that record and scratch them up [Am] until I learned [Gbm] how to do it.
[E] I was always [G] in two or three [E] different bands and you'd play a variety [Am] of tunes.
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _
I think that's [C] why I like a lot of the different [Gm] styles. _
[Eb] I bounced back from _ _ the [C] Delta Blues and the Blues Rock and [Am] the [Bb] jazz [Ab]
influences in the [Eb] country.
I just [Ab] like anything that sounds good [F] to me.
_ [E] _ [Eb] _ I remember the first pan [Cm] gig _ with the guys I [Eb] had a band with in [C] school.
It was for _ [N] some kind of dance.
And I'll never forget, we were playing I'm Coming Home by Alvin Lee. _ _
[Am] And [G] we was right in the middle of it and [Ab] at 12 [G] o'clock they cut the [Cm] power off.
[F] It was time to quit.
[Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ I [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _
think it sounds great.
Last night I was playing a hollow [Em] body and a lot of the inner voicings in some of the [G] block chords and closed voicings.
The _ [D]
notes were [E] clearer.
You could hear every [Em] note of the chord better.
[G] It has a little more gain.
And if you roll the tone [Em] off, it doesn't get boxy.
The chords have to feel good too.
[Gm] The notes have to pop out [Cm] when you hit them.
[G] _ _ _
I [E] like the creative process in the studio.
[A] You take something [E] and put it together. _
_ A lot of times [A] on the [E] live gigs you'll try to [Em]
experiment and work [A] out something new.
[E] _ _ [Bb] I try not [E] to work out anything really.
I have a lot [A] of stuff I can fall back on when I'm not being creative.
But I really try to view something [E] that yesterday I might have heard as a mistake.
I [A] try to [E] view it as it's not a mistake.
It's leading me [Bb] somewhere to play [D] something I've never played before.
_ [Gb] I like that part of improvising.
[A] _ [B] _
[C] _ [E] [D] I've [Ab] been so blessed to [Gm] play with [D] so many [E] people.
Vince Gill used to be in the Allman Brothers band.
I got to work with Jimmy [Em] Buffett and Mack [E] McAnally.
_ _ I got to play with Groove Holmes and Jimmy [Dbm] Smith and [E] Jimmy Rainey and Mundell Lowe.
_ [A] _ _ [Bm] Just a variety [Db] of [Ab] people.
_ [A] _ [Ab] _ [G] What a blessing to sit in the [E] kitchen with Chet Atkins and have him show me a [Dbm] chord.
_ [E] It's always neat to get to play with some of your heroes.
_ [Bm] Players can be so _ [Eb] giving to one [A] another and share things.
[E] _ That's what I like about music.
_ [Em]
I can touch [E] people's [Bbm] souls [Em] and stir up feelings.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
[Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] I [Em] was born in Nashville, Tennessee.
[Am] My daddy was a banjo player.
My oldest brother taught me how to play [G] guitar.
_ [D] I [E] would learn from his records.
He had a [Em] lot [G] of 50s and [C] _ 60s blues [D] and [G] R&B and all that Chuck Berry stuff.
[Dm] _ _
[E] And he'd say, here boy, learn how to do this.
So I'd learn how to do it, you know.
_ _ _ _ He gave me a chart of [G] the guitar neck and told me to memorize all the [E] notes.
And then I started seeing how [B] everything was linked together.
_ [G] And he gave me a lot of [Em] good _ head starts. _ _ _ _
_ I [E] just played all the time.
[A] And if I heard anything I [E] liked, I would sit with that record and scratch them up [Am] until I learned [Gbm] how to do it.
[E] I was always [G] in two or three [E] different bands and you'd play a variety [Am] of tunes.
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _
I think that's [C] why I like a lot of the different [Gm] styles. _
[Eb] I bounced back from _ _ the [C] Delta Blues and the Blues Rock and [Am] the [Bb] jazz [Ab]
influences in the [Eb] country.
I just [Ab] like anything that sounds good [F] to me.
_ [E] _ [Eb] _ I remember the first pan [Cm] gig _ with the guys I [Eb] had a band with in [C] school.
It was for _ [N] some kind of dance.
And I'll never forget, we were playing I'm Coming Home by Alvin Lee. _ _
[Am] And [G] we was right in the middle of it and [Ab] at 12 [G] o'clock they cut the [Cm] power off.
[F] It was time to quit.
[Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ I [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _
think it sounds great.
Last night I was playing a hollow [Em] body and a lot of the inner voicings in some of the [G] block chords and closed voicings.
The _ [D]
notes were [E] clearer.
You could hear every [Em] note of the chord better.
[G] It has a little more gain.
And if you roll the tone [Em] off, it doesn't get boxy.
The chords have to feel good too.
[Gm] The notes have to pop out [Cm] when you hit them.
[G] _ _ _
I [E] like the creative process in the studio.
[A] You take something [E] and put it together. _
_ A lot of times [A] on the [E] live gigs you'll try to [Em]
experiment and work [A] out something new.
[E] _ _ [Bb] I try not [E] to work out anything really.
I have a lot [A] of stuff I can fall back on when I'm not being creative.
But I really try to view something [E] that yesterday I might have heard as a mistake.
I [A] try to [E] view it as it's not a mistake.
It's leading me [Bb] somewhere to play [D] something I've never played before.
_ [Gb] I like that part of improvising.
[A] _ [B] _
[C] _ [E] [D] I've [Ab] been so blessed to [Gm] play with [D] so many [E] people.
Vince Gill used to be in the Allman Brothers band.
I got to work with Jimmy [Em] Buffett and Mack [E] McAnally.
_ _ I got to play with Groove Holmes and Jimmy [Dbm] Smith and [E] Jimmy Rainey and Mundell Lowe.
_ [A] _ _ [Bm] Just a variety [Db] of [Ab] people.
_ [A] _ [Ab] _ [G] What a blessing to sit in the [E] kitchen with Chet Atkins and have him show me a [Dbm] chord.
_ [E] It's always neat to get to play with some of your heroes.
_ [Bm] Players can be so _ [Eb] giving to one [A] another and share things.
[E] _ That's what I like about music.
_ [Em]
I can touch [E] people's [Bbm] souls [Em] and stir up feelings.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _