Chords for Amarillo By Morning- George Strait Guitar Lesson

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_ _ _ Hey everyone, it's John again and it's actually Christmas Day, 2008, about _ 830 at night.
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[G#] So for the last [G] 15 minutes or so I've been [N] trying to fine tune Amarillo by [G] Morning,
and it's sort of the guitar piece that came up for it.
Hope you like it.
That's the reason I make these, is so if you like it you can copy it and play it yourself.
So I'm going to cover it [Dm] and then [F#] afterward I might go back and show you some of the trickier [N] parts, if I have some time.
_ So you can play it yourself.
So here we go.
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_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ Amarillo [F#m] by Morning, _ _ [G] _ up from San [D] Antonio _
_ _ Everything _ [F#m] that I've got [G] is just what I've [A] got on
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] The sun is high in [A] that Texas sky, [D] I'll be bucking at [A] the [G] count of fare
_ _ [D] _
Amarillo [A] by Morning, _ _ [G] Amarillo [A]
I'll be [D] there _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ They took my saddle in [F#m] Houston, broke [G] my leg in Santa [D] Fe
_ Lost _ my wife and [F#m] a girlfriend _ [G] somewhere _ along [A] the way
_ [D] _ [A] I'll _ [G] be looking for aid when [A] they close that gate, _ [D] I hope [A] that judge ain't [G] blind
_ _ [D] _ _ Amarillo by [A] Morning, _
_ _ [G] Amarillo's [A] on my [D] mind
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
Amarillo [G#m] by Morning, _ _ [A] _
up from San [E] Antonio
_ _ Everything _ that [G#m] I've got [B] is just [A] what I've [B] got on
_ Ain't _ _ [A] _ got a dime [B] but what I've got is mine, [E] I ain't rich, [B] but Lord [A] I'm free
_ _ [E] _ _ Amarillo by Morning, _ _ _ [B] Amarillo's where [E] I'll be
[A] _ [B] _ [E] _ _ Amarillo by [B] Morning, _ _ [A] _ _ [B] Amarillo's [E] where I'll be
_ [F#] _ [E] _ [G#m] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [G#m] _ _ _
[D] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
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_ [Em] Alright, so _ _ [N] let me show you sort of the riff, because there's a key change in there which just makes things crazy.
So let me just show you sort of _ [D] the_ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [C] _ that's the [G#] main thing you need to remember.
You can get the chords online, I go to countrytabs.com, [D] but basically what I'm doing is playing a D chord,
and I'm putting my pinky down here on the 5th fret.
_ [A] That's the note I want for the melody is that [D] 5th fret, that A note.
_ Then I _ go_
what I'm doing is I'm just [Bm] _ using_ _ _
_ right there, my 3rd finger, _ that would be my 7th fret, _ _ _
and just those 3 strings, [D] _ and [A] then 1st finger back on _ 5th [D] fret, _ so_
_ _ _ _ then D chord, _ [A] _ Dsus_
what would that be, D2?
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ G.
_ _ _ But I'm leaving_
when I play this G here, I'm not putting it_
my 3rd finger on the 3rd fret of the E string, I'm putting it on the B string.
Because that's what I want. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ That'll be _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ A.
_ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ [A] _ [D] _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A#] See [A] what I'm doing there?
I'm playing an A, but I'm moving my _ 3rd finger [C#] down, _ [D] _
[C#] sliding [D] it, or [Am] I don't have to slide [D] it.
[G] _ _
[C#m] Playing an open E, [G] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [C#m] _ and then back to do the [D] same thing again. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ Then I do [C#m] sort of a walk down.
_ [G] _ [A] _
3rd fret of my [F#] E, [F#m] 2nd fret of my [A] E, _ open E.
_ [D] _ And we're [A] real low [F#m] by morning, _ [G] _ up from San [D] Antonio.
[Gm] Alright, so that's that.
And then when I do the key change, let me show you here.
I'm down [E] here on my E.
_ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ 3rd finger there, hammer, [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ G sharp.
_ [F#] _ [E] _ _ _ Can you see that?
[D#m] _ _ [E] _ I'm on my B string, and I'm going [G] from [E] my_
I guess that would be 7th fret to 5th fret. _
[C] _ [G#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
And [A] then I'm going down here to A.
_ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ Just playing my B string, and then my G string.
_ _ _ And then [B] I go back down to B.
_ [Fm] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] So, when I play the G here, I'm going to take my 3rd_
or [D#] my pinky.
_ I'm going to play my G string, [E] _ _ _
[E] and then come down, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
play my B string, and come back.
_ _ [C] _ _ [E]
And the same thing again.
So I'll do it slowly here.
_ _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ So those are the two riffs you need to know.
And you can look up the chords, like I said, just by typing hammer low by morning on Google Chords, and you'll come up with it.
So, there you go. _
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