Chords for Beginners - How to Play Jimi Hendrix HEY JOE - Easy Guitar Lessons - Easy Songs on Acoustic Guitar
Tempo:
115.65 bpm
Chords used:
G
E
B
C
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Welcome to Guitar Lessons Fast Fun and Easy.
Okay, I'm going to do a song today.
It's a fairly easy tune.
It uses all five of the basic major chord forms.
E, A, D, C and G.
And the song is in the key of G.
It's Hey Joe.
Most people, I guess, know it from Jimi Hendrix.
Someone else wrote it.
I forget who.
I'd have to look that one up.
Anyway, it was made more famous by Jimi Hendrix.
Lots of other people have done this song as well.
It's a fun song.
Great jam tune.
This is the simple version.
You strum it, sing along, jam with some friends.
And we'll start by going in a close-up for this.
Alright, so Hey Joe.
[C] [G] Hey Joe, [D]
oh [A] where you going [E] with that gun in your hand?
[G] [E]
[C] [G] Hey Joe, [D]
oh [A] where you [E] going with that gun in your hand?
[G] [E]
Alright, so there's a quick taste of it.
So this song is in the key of G.
It really starts out on an E chord.
Because it has a little intro.
[Em] Which we'll do in another lesson.
But singing-wise it starts in a C.
And that's where we're going to go.
And it uses the five basic major chord forms.
So it's a fairly easy, simple song.
It uses C, G, D, A [C] and E.
And that's the actual chord progression.
The order of the chords.
Again, C, G, D, [A] A and E.
Over and over.
It's in 4-4 time.
The rhythm pattern that I like to use for it is four down strokes and one up stroke.
So [C] I'm going 1, 2, 3, 4 and.
[G] 1, 2, 3, 4 and.
[D]
1, 2, 3, 4 and.
[A] 1, 2, 3, 4 and.
And E [E] gets four measures of four.
1, 2, 3, 4 and.
1, 2, 3, 4 and.
1, 2, 3, 4 and.
So E is held extra long.
The tempo, which is [C] the speed, remember of music.
You pick your own tempo.
If you want it to play a little faster.
[G] Or if you want to [C] play it slow.
[G]
[C] Or [Abm] moderate, somewhere in the middle.
Whatever, [Fm] you choose.
Really no right or wrong way here.
Whatever makes you happy.
There's also a little run that we're putting in there.
It's when we come to the E chord.
And [F] timing wise, though, this is kind of crucial or important.
You're going to do four down strokes.
And the up and one more down.
[B] Because it's going [E] to go 1, 2, 3, 4 and 1.
And then that little riff starts.
[B] Goes.
[Bm] [G] And on the last [B] note.
[E] You count 1.
And then you go back to your E chord.
And you do 2, 3, 4 and.
And then 2, 2, 3, 4 and.
1, 2, 3, 4 and.
So that it fits, remember, four measures [F] of E.
So one more time.
That goes.
When we come to E, we [E] go 1, 2, 3, 4 and.
1 and then.
I lift off here.
I [B] keep that one on.
Second finger on the fifth string, second fret.
[F] [B] And pick that.
[Bm] [G] And the last [Bm] note.
I go back to making an E chord here.
I hit the [E] last note and count that as 1.
And there's my E chord and I strum 2, 3, 4 and.
And then two more measures of that.
1, 2, 3, 4 and.
1, 2, 3, 4 and.
And it goes back to C and [G] starts all over.
Now that little run comes right out of that E.
It's out of our scale and it comes out of that E chord.
We're simply, here's the E.
We lift [Fm] these two off.
This is the easiest way I believe to do this.
And you pick the fifth string, [B] second fret.
[D]
And then you go to the fourth string, open.
[B] Back to the fifth string, second fret.
And [G] then the third string, open.
[E] Back to making the E chord.
And we want the fourth string, second fret right here.
It's an E note.
[B] [Bm]
[G] [E]
One [B] more time, it's out of the E.
Lift those two off.
[D] [Bm] [G] [E]
And that last note again counts as 1.
And we go on the E chord.
2, 3, 4 and.
And then two more measures of [Bbm] that.
So that's basically it.
I'm going to back out and we'll talk some more here.
About something else with it.
[N] Ok, so there are other parts with Hey Joe.
There's a little run that he does.
A bass line or [C] run.
[F] [G] [A]
[Db] Which [Em] we'll do in another lesson.
That was just real quick.
There's also the intro.
[E] [B]
Which we'll also do in another [D] lesson.
So please come back and watch those.
Plus I'm going to do some [Em] licks too.
That you can do along with the tune.
[A]
[Eb] [Em] [Bbm] So please come back.
Thanks.
Okay, I'm going to do a song today.
It's a fairly easy tune.
It uses all five of the basic major chord forms.
E, A, D, C and G.
And the song is in the key of G.
It's Hey Joe.
Most people, I guess, know it from Jimi Hendrix.
Someone else wrote it.
I forget who.
I'd have to look that one up.
Anyway, it was made more famous by Jimi Hendrix.
Lots of other people have done this song as well.
It's a fun song.
Great jam tune.
This is the simple version.
You strum it, sing along, jam with some friends.
And we'll start by going in a close-up for this.
Alright, so Hey Joe.
[C] [G] Hey Joe, [D]
oh [A] where you going [E] with that gun in your hand?
[G] [E]
[C] [G] Hey Joe, [D]
oh [A] where you [E] going with that gun in your hand?
[G] [E]
Alright, so there's a quick taste of it.
So this song is in the key of G.
It really starts out on an E chord.
Because it has a little intro.
[Em] Which we'll do in another lesson.
But singing-wise it starts in a C.
And that's where we're going to go.
And it uses the five basic major chord forms.
So it's a fairly easy, simple song.
It uses C, G, D, A [C] and E.
And that's the actual chord progression.
The order of the chords.
Again, C, G, D, [A] A and E.
Over and over.
It's in 4-4 time.
The rhythm pattern that I like to use for it is four down strokes and one up stroke.
So [C] I'm going 1, 2, 3, 4 and.
[G] 1, 2, 3, 4 and.
[D]
1, 2, 3, 4 and.
[A] 1, 2, 3, 4 and.
And E [E] gets four measures of four.
1, 2, 3, 4 and.
1, 2, 3, 4 and.
1, 2, 3, 4 and.
So E is held extra long.
The tempo, which is [C] the speed, remember of music.
You pick your own tempo.
If you want it to play a little faster.
[G] Or if you want to [C] play it slow.
[G]
[C] Or [Abm] moderate, somewhere in the middle.
Whatever, [Fm] you choose.
Really no right or wrong way here.
Whatever makes you happy.
There's also a little run that we're putting in there.
It's when we come to the E chord.
And [F] timing wise, though, this is kind of crucial or important.
You're going to do four down strokes.
And the up and one more down.
[B] Because it's going [E] to go 1, 2, 3, 4 and 1.
And then that little riff starts.
[B] Goes.
[Bm] [G] And on the last [B] note.
[E] You count 1.
And then you go back to your E chord.
And you do 2, 3, 4 and.
And then 2, 2, 3, 4 and.
1, 2, 3, 4 and.
So that it fits, remember, four measures [F] of E.
So one more time.
That goes.
When we come to E, we [E] go 1, 2, 3, 4 and.
1 and then.
I lift off here.
I [B] keep that one on.
Second finger on the fifth string, second fret.
[F] [B] And pick that.
[Bm] [G] And the last [Bm] note.
I go back to making an E chord here.
I hit the [E] last note and count that as 1.
And there's my E chord and I strum 2, 3, 4 and.
And then two more measures of that.
1, 2, 3, 4 and.
1, 2, 3, 4 and.
And it goes back to C and [G] starts all over.
Now that little run comes right out of that E.
It's out of our scale and it comes out of that E chord.
We're simply, here's the E.
We lift [Fm] these two off.
This is the easiest way I believe to do this.
And you pick the fifth string, [B] second fret.
[D]
And then you go to the fourth string, open.
[B] Back to the fifth string, second fret.
And [G] then the third string, open.
[E] Back to making the E chord.
And we want the fourth string, second fret right here.
It's an E note.
[B] [Bm]
[G] [E]
One [B] more time, it's out of the E.
Lift those two off.
[D] [Bm] [G] [E]
And that last note again counts as 1.
And we go on the E chord.
2, 3, 4 and.
And then two more measures of [Bbm] that.
So that's basically it.
I'm going to back out and we'll talk some more here.
About something else with it.
[N] Ok, so there are other parts with Hey Joe.
There's a little run that he does.
A bass line or [C] run.
[F] [G] [A]
[Db] Which [Em] we'll do in another lesson.
That was just real quick.
There's also the intro.
[E] [B]
Which we'll also do in another [D] lesson.
So please come back and watch those.
Plus I'm going to do some [Em] licks too.
That you can do along with the tune.
[A]
[Eb] [Em] [Bbm] So please come back.
Thanks.
Key:
G
E
B
C
D
G
E
B
_ _ Welcome to Guitar Lessons Fast Fun and Easy.
Okay, I'm going to do a song today.
It's a fairly easy tune.
It _ uses all five of the basic major chord forms.
_ E, A, D, C and G.
_ And the song is in the key of G.
_ _ _ It's Hey Joe.
_ _ _ _ Most people, I guess, know it from Jimi Hendrix.
Someone else wrote it.
I forget who.
_ I'd have to look that one up.
Anyway, it was made more famous by Jimi Hendrix.
Lots of other people have done this song as well.
It's a fun song.
Great jam tune. _
This is the simple version.
You strum it, sing along, jam with some friends. _ _
_ _ And we'll start by going in a close-up for this.
_ _ _ Alright, so Hey Joe.
[C] _ _ [G] Hey Joe, [D] _
oh [A] where you going [E] with that gun in your hand?
[G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] Hey Joe, _ [D] _
oh [A] where you [E] going with that gun in your hand?
[G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
Alright, so there's a quick taste of it.
So this song is in the key of G.
_ _ It really starts out on an E chord.
_ Because it has a little intro.
_ [Em] _ _ _ Which we'll do in another lesson.
_ But singing-wise it starts in a C.
And that's where we're going to go.
And it uses the five basic major chord forms.
So it's a fairly easy, simple song.
It uses C, G, D, A [C] and E.
And that's the actual chord progression.
The order of the chords.
Again, C, G, _ D, [A] A and E.
Over and over. _
It's in 4-4 time.
_ _ The rhythm pattern that I like to use for it is four down strokes and one up stroke.
So [C] I'm going 1, 2, 3, 4 and.
_ [G] 1, 2, 3, 4 and.
_ [D]
1, 2, 3, 4 and.
[A] 1, 2, 3, 4 and.
And E [E] gets four measures of four.
1, 2, 3, 4 and.
1, 2, 3, 4 and.
1, 2, 3, 4 and.
_ So E is held extra long.
_ _ _ The tempo, which is [C] the speed, remember of _ music.
You pick your own tempo.
If you want it to play a little faster. _
_ [G] _ _ Or if you want to [C] play it slow. _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] Or [Abm] moderate, somewhere in the middle.
Whatever, [Fm] you choose.
_ _ Really no right or wrong way here.
Whatever makes you happy.
_ _ _ There's also a little run that we're putting in there.
It's when we come to the E chord.
_ _ And [F] timing wise, though, this is kind of crucial or important.
_ You're going to do four down strokes.
And the up and one more down.
[B] Because it's going [E] to go 1, 2, 3, 4 and 1.
And then that little riff starts.
_ [B] Goes.
[Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ And on the last [B] note.
_ [E] You count 1.
And then you go back to your E chord.
_ And you do 2, 3, 4 and.
_ And then 2, 2, 3, 4 and.
1, 2, 3, 4 and.
So that it fits, remember, four measures [F] of E. _ _ _
So one more time.
That goes.
When we come to E, we [E] go 1, 2, 3, 4 and.
1 and then.
I lift off here.
I [B] keep that one on.
Second finger on the fifth string, second fret.
[F] _ _ [B] And pick that. _
[Bm] _ _ _ [G] And the last [Bm] note.
I go back to making an E chord here.
I hit the [E] last note and count that as 1.
And there's my E chord and I strum 2, 3, 4 and. _ _ _
And then two more _ measures of that.
1, 2, 3, 4 and.
1, 2, 3, 4 and.
And it goes back to C and [G] starts all over.
Now that little run comes right out of that E.
It's out of our scale and it comes out of that E chord.
We're simply, _ here's the E.
We lift [Fm] these two off.
This is the easiest way I believe to do this.
_ And you pick the fifth string, [B] second fret.
_ _ _ [D] _ _
And then you go to the fourth string, _ _ open.
_ _ _ [B] Back to the fifth string, second fret.
_ _ And [G] then the third string, _ open.
_ _ _ [E] Back to making the E chord.
And we want the fourth string, second fret right here.
It's an E note.
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
One [B] more time, it's out of the E.
Lift those two off.
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ And that last note again counts as 1.
And we go on the E chord.
2, 3, 4 and.
And then two more measures of [Bbm] that. _ _
_ _ _ _ So that's basically it.
_ I'm going to back out and we'll talk some more here.
About something else with it. _ _ _ _
[N] Ok, so there are other parts with Hey Joe.
There's a little run that he does.
A bass line or [C] run.
[F] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A]
[Db] Which [Em] _ _ _ we'll do in another lesson.
That was just real quick.
There's also the intro.
_ [E] _ _ [B]
Which we'll also do in another [D] lesson.
_ _ So please come back and watch those.
Plus I'm going to do some [Em] licks too. _
_ _ That you can do along with the tune.
[A] _
[Eb] _ [Em] _ _ [Bbm] _ So please come back.
Thanks.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Okay, I'm going to do a song today.
It's a fairly easy tune.
It _ uses all five of the basic major chord forms.
_ E, A, D, C and G.
_ And the song is in the key of G.
_ _ _ It's Hey Joe.
_ _ _ _ Most people, I guess, know it from Jimi Hendrix.
Someone else wrote it.
I forget who.
_ I'd have to look that one up.
Anyway, it was made more famous by Jimi Hendrix.
Lots of other people have done this song as well.
It's a fun song.
Great jam tune. _
This is the simple version.
You strum it, sing along, jam with some friends. _ _
_ _ And we'll start by going in a close-up for this.
_ _ _ Alright, so Hey Joe.
[C] _ _ [G] Hey Joe, [D] _
oh [A] where you going [E] with that gun in your hand?
[G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] Hey Joe, _ [D] _
oh [A] where you [E] going with that gun in your hand?
[G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
Alright, so there's a quick taste of it.
So this song is in the key of G.
_ _ It really starts out on an E chord.
_ Because it has a little intro.
_ [Em] _ _ _ Which we'll do in another lesson.
_ But singing-wise it starts in a C.
And that's where we're going to go.
And it uses the five basic major chord forms.
So it's a fairly easy, simple song.
It uses C, G, D, A [C] and E.
And that's the actual chord progression.
The order of the chords.
Again, C, G, _ D, [A] A and E.
Over and over. _
It's in 4-4 time.
_ _ The rhythm pattern that I like to use for it is four down strokes and one up stroke.
So [C] I'm going 1, 2, 3, 4 and.
_ [G] 1, 2, 3, 4 and.
_ [D]
1, 2, 3, 4 and.
[A] 1, 2, 3, 4 and.
And E [E] gets four measures of four.
1, 2, 3, 4 and.
1, 2, 3, 4 and.
1, 2, 3, 4 and.
_ So E is held extra long.
_ _ _ The tempo, which is [C] the speed, remember of _ music.
You pick your own tempo.
If you want it to play a little faster. _
_ [G] _ _ Or if you want to [C] play it slow. _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] Or [Abm] moderate, somewhere in the middle.
Whatever, [Fm] you choose.
_ _ Really no right or wrong way here.
Whatever makes you happy.
_ _ _ There's also a little run that we're putting in there.
It's when we come to the E chord.
_ _ And [F] timing wise, though, this is kind of crucial or important.
_ You're going to do four down strokes.
And the up and one more down.
[B] Because it's going [E] to go 1, 2, 3, 4 and 1.
And then that little riff starts.
_ [B] Goes.
[Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ And on the last [B] note.
_ [E] You count 1.
And then you go back to your E chord.
_ And you do 2, 3, 4 and.
_ And then 2, 2, 3, 4 and.
1, 2, 3, 4 and.
So that it fits, remember, four measures [F] of E. _ _ _
So one more time.
That goes.
When we come to E, we [E] go 1, 2, 3, 4 and.
1 and then.
I lift off here.
I [B] keep that one on.
Second finger on the fifth string, second fret.
[F] _ _ [B] And pick that. _
[Bm] _ _ _ [G] And the last [Bm] note.
I go back to making an E chord here.
I hit the [E] last note and count that as 1.
And there's my E chord and I strum 2, 3, 4 and. _ _ _
And then two more _ measures of that.
1, 2, 3, 4 and.
1, 2, 3, 4 and.
And it goes back to C and [G] starts all over.
Now that little run comes right out of that E.
It's out of our scale and it comes out of that E chord.
We're simply, _ here's the E.
We lift [Fm] these two off.
This is the easiest way I believe to do this.
_ And you pick the fifth string, [B] second fret.
_ _ _ [D] _ _
And then you go to the fourth string, _ _ open.
_ _ _ [B] Back to the fifth string, second fret.
_ _ And [G] then the third string, _ open.
_ _ _ [E] Back to making the E chord.
And we want the fourth string, second fret right here.
It's an E note.
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
One [B] more time, it's out of the E.
Lift those two off.
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ And that last note again counts as 1.
And we go on the E chord.
2, 3, 4 and.
And then two more measures of [Bbm] that. _ _
_ _ _ _ So that's basically it.
_ I'm going to back out and we'll talk some more here.
About something else with it. _ _ _ _
[N] Ok, so there are other parts with Hey Joe.
There's a little run that he does.
A bass line or [C] run.
[F] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A]
[Db] Which [Em] _ _ _ we'll do in another lesson.
That was just real quick.
There's also the intro.
_ [E] _ _ [B]
Which we'll also do in another [D] lesson.
_ _ So please come back and watch those.
Plus I'm going to do some [Em] licks too. _
_ _ That you can do along with the tune.
[A] _
[Eb] _ [Em] _ _ [Bbm] _ So please come back.
Thanks.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _