Chords for Bill Frisell reunited with his 1968 Gibson ES-175 after 37 years apart
Tempo:
85.15 bpm
Chords used:
G
A
Ab
Gb
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
[B] It just feels amazing.
It's like, I mean, my hands were formed on this neck.
[A] [E]
[Em] I'm studying with Dale.
He passes this thing on to me.
He introduces me to Jim [N] Hall.
I take lessons with Jim Hall with this guitar, and I took some lessons with Johnny Smith
with this guitar.
You know, I was in New York for the first time with this guitar, then moved in Boston.
The first trip I went to Boston, I had this guitar.
Then I moved back to Denver, and basically, you know, I lived alone in a small apartment
and just practiced all day with this guitar.
I taught in a music store.
Gordon Close's Melody Music, I taught in the store.
Mostly, I wanted to teach jazz, but I was teaching mostly little kids.
I was so out of touch with, I mean, you know, a little girl would come in with her mom,
and I'm like, man, you gotta check out Charlie Parker.
I'm like, I was so not the right person to be teaching these kids.
So much stuff happened with this guitar.
Jim Hall had his hands on it.
Johnny Smith had his hands on it.
Kenny Vaughn had his hands on it.
Dale Bruning came from him.
So then I, the mid-70s, 75, I left Denver.
Another guy I met, Mike Miller, another guy, guitar player who lives in LA, was a big influence on me.
Memories of playing this guitar with him.
But so I moved to Boston, still playing only this guitar. Yeah.
So after a couple years of being in Boston, I got an SG, I found an old SG for like Gibson
SG for $200 or whatever it was.
Started playing that a little bit more, and then I moved to, after, it was 1978, I moved
to Belgium [G] to play in a band.
And right before I left, I said, I think I'll just sell this.
I just stupidly, I was so [N] stupid, I sold it.
There was a little tiny music store, I don't remember the name of it, in Harvard Square in Cambridge.
You have to walk down the stairs, and it was just a little, and I went in there and I sold
it for like $400.
And I was glad to have the $400.
You know, I kind of had sold all my stuff when I was moving to Europe, my SG.
So I moved to Europe, and [Ab] almost as soon as I got there, I was like, oh man, why did I,
I should never have sold that guitar.
You know, thinking of all the, just even then, I'm thinking, wow, I got this from my teacher,
and I should never have sold it.
[A] I [N] really regretted it.
But then I kind of went out of my mind, and I stayed, I mean, whatever, I got married,
I met my wife, I stayed over there for a year, I came back to the States, and then I actually
went to Boston to see even if the store, that store was gone.
In the last few years, since computers, every once in a while, I wonder, I'll put in, because
it's so, if you put ES-175 with maple neck or something, I thought maybe it'll show up or something.
But no, nothing ever.
I just kept, every once in a while, every year, so I'd kind of, but so then, my mom
died a few years back, and when I was going through, I had to go and clean out her house
and stuff, and you know, finding whatever stuff of my old stuff that was left in there and stuff.
And I found a little piece of paper that had the serial number of this guitar on it.
And so I just kept that.
I thought, well, that's kind of cool.
So it was, then I also knew that it was [Gb] made in 68, it's a 68 guitar.
So [N] I just kept that piece of paper, and I had it sort of up on my desk, you know, and
then, so in Seattle, I have, do you know Danny Hufford, who works for, he works for Gibson.
He's like, I met him long ago, just, he's a great guitar player, and he now works for
Gibson, and [Ab] I was hanging out with him, and we were just talking about, you know, like,
he said, oh man, I had the Les Paul when I was, you know, whatever, the stories about
all the guitars that got away, you know.
So I told him this story about, God, I wish I had got rid of this guitar, and I gave,
and I thought, wow, he works for Gibson, maybe I'll just give him the, I gave him the serial
[Abm] number, not thinking I'd get the guitar back, but thought maybe, oh, maybe he could talk
to somebody at the factory, and maybe they would remember the time period when they made
it, or, you know, just sort of putting it out there.
And then, but then just [A] a few weeks ago, I was in San Francisco, and I get this [G] message
from Danny, and he says, Bill, I think I might have found your guitar.
And he found it.
It was on Facebook, [N] I think he saw it on a Facebook post from Thunder Road Guitars in
West Seattle, and it was just a bunch of guitars, and he, because of my description of these
odd features, he sort of, it drew him in, and then he actually, I guess he, I don't
know, I gave him the serial number, [A] and it was, the suit matched up.
[Gm] So I, he called me, and I just immediately called them and told them, don't, I got, you
know, wait until I get home, I want it, you know, and I hadn't even seen it, if it was,
but then what's really amazing is [Gb] it's exactly, no one put a Floyd Rose on it, or [Eb] painted
it or broke it, or, it's been, you know, it's been played, played a lot, and it's got all
the, you [Gb] know, checking, and, you know, it's a lot older than it was, you know, I'm talking,
it was 37 years ago when I last had it, but [G] nothing's been altered at all, it's the same
pickup that Dale put in it, [Ab] the knobs that I put [Eb] on it, you know.
[B] It just feels amazing.
It's like, I mean, my hands were formed on this neck.
[A] [E]
[Em] I'm studying with Dale.
He passes this thing on to me.
He introduces me to Jim [N] Hall.
I take lessons with Jim Hall with this guitar, and I took some lessons with Johnny Smith
with this guitar.
You know, I was in New York for the first time with this guitar, then moved in Boston.
The first trip I went to Boston, I had this guitar.
Then I moved back to Denver, and basically, you know, I lived alone in a small apartment
and just practiced all day with this guitar.
I taught in a music store.
Gordon Close's Melody Music, I taught in the store.
Mostly, I wanted to teach jazz, but I was teaching mostly little kids.
I was so out of touch with, I mean, you know, a little girl would come in with her mom,
and I'm like, man, you gotta check out Charlie Parker.
I'm like, I was so not the right person to be teaching these kids.
So much stuff happened with this guitar.
Jim Hall had his hands on it.
Johnny Smith had his hands on it.
Kenny Vaughn had his hands on it.
Dale Bruning came from him.
So then I, the mid-70s, 75, I left Denver.
Another guy I met, Mike Miller, another guy, guitar player who lives in LA, was a big influence on me.
Memories of playing this guitar with him.
But so I moved to Boston, still playing only this guitar. Yeah.
So after a couple years of being in Boston, I got an SG, I found an old SG for like Gibson
SG for $200 or whatever it was.
Started playing that a little bit more, and then I moved to, after, it was 1978, I moved
to Belgium [G] to play in a band.
And right before I left, I said, I think I'll just sell this.
I just stupidly, I was so [N] stupid, I sold it.
There was a little tiny music store, I don't remember the name of it, in Harvard Square in Cambridge.
You have to walk down the stairs, and it was just a little, and I went in there and I sold
it for like $400.
And I was glad to have the $400.
You know, I kind of had sold all my stuff when I was moving to Europe, my SG.
So I moved to Europe, and [Ab] almost as soon as I got there, I was like, oh man, why did I,
I should never have sold that guitar.
You know, thinking of all the, just even then, I'm thinking, wow, I got this from my teacher,
and I should never have sold it.
[A] I [N] really regretted it.
But then I kind of went out of my mind, and I stayed, I mean, whatever, I got married,
I met my wife, I stayed over there for a year, I came back to the States, and then I actually
went to Boston to see even if the store, that store was gone.
In the last few years, since computers, every once in a while, I wonder, I'll put in, because
it's so, if you put ES-175 with maple neck or something, I thought maybe it'll show up or something.
But no, nothing ever.
I just kept, every once in a while, every year, so I'd kind of, but so then, my mom
died a few years back, and when I was going through, I had to go and clean out her house
and stuff, and you know, finding whatever stuff of my old stuff that was left in there and stuff.
And I found a little piece of paper that had the serial number of this guitar on it.
And so I just kept that.
I thought, well, that's kind of cool.
So it was, then I also knew that it was [Gb] made in 68, it's a 68 guitar.
So [N] I just kept that piece of paper, and I had it sort of up on my desk, you know, and
then, so in Seattle, I have, do you know Danny Hufford, who works for, he works for Gibson.
He's like, I met him long ago, just, he's a great guitar player, and he now works for
Gibson, and [Ab] I was hanging out with him, and we were just talking about, you know, like,
he said, oh man, I had the Les Paul when I was, you know, whatever, the stories about
all the guitars that got away, you know.
So I told him this story about, God, I wish I had got rid of this guitar, and I gave,
and I thought, wow, he works for Gibson, maybe I'll just give him the, I gave him the serial
[Abm] number, not thinking I'd get the guitar back, but thought maybe, oh, maybe he could talk
to somebody at the factory, and maybe they would remember the time period when they made
it, or, you know, just sort of putting it out there.
And then, but then just [A] a few weeks ago, I was in San Francisco, and I get this [G] message
from Danny, and he says, Bill, I think I might have found your guitar.
And he found it.
It was on Facebook, [N] I think he saw it on a Facebook post from Thunder Road Guitars in
West Seattle, and it was just a bunch of guitars, and he, because of my description of these
odd features, he sort of, it drew him in, and then he actually, I guess he, I don't
know, I gave him the serial number, [A] and it was, the suit matched up.
[Gm] So I, he called me, and I just immediately called them and told them, don't, I got, you
know, wait until I get home, I want it, you know, and I hadn't even seen it, if it was,
but then what's really amazing is [Gb] it's exactly, no one put a Floyd Rose on it, or [Eb] painted
it or broke it, or, it's been, you know, it's been played, played a lot, and it's got all
the, you [Gb] know, checking, and, you know, it's a lot older than it was, you know, I'm talking,
it was 37 years ago when I last had it, but [G] nothing's been altered at all, it's the same
pickup that Dale put in it, [Ab] the knobs that I put [Eb] on it, you know.
Key:
G
A
Ab
Gb
Eb
G
A
Ab
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] It just feels amazing.
It's like, I mean, my hands were formed on this neck.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] I'm studying with Dale.
He passes this thing on to me.
He introduces me to Jim [N] Hall.
I take lessons with Jim Hall with this guitar, and I took some lessons with Johnny Smith
with this guitar.
You know, I was in New York for the first time with this guitar, then moved in Boston.
The first trip I went to Boston, I had this guitar.
_ Then I moved back to Denver, _ _ _ and basically, you know, I lived alone in a small apartment
and just practiced all day with this guitar.
I taught in a music store. _
Gordon Close's Melody Music, I taught in the store.
Mostly, I wanted to teach jazz, but I was teaching mostly little kids.
I was so out of touch with, I mean, you know, a little girl would come in with her mom,
and I'm like, man, you gotta check out Charlie Parker.
I'm like, I was so not the right person to be teaching these kids.
So much stuff happened with this guitar. _ _
Jim Hall had his hands on it.
Johnny Smith had his hands on it.
_ Kenny Vaughn had his hands on it.
_ Dale Bruning came from him.
So then I, _ the mid-70s, 75, I left Denver.
_ Another guy I met, Mike Miller, another guy, guitar player who lives in LA, was a big _ influence on me.
_ Memories of playing this guitar with him.
_ _ _ But so I moved to Boston, still playing only this guitar. Yeah.
So after a couple years of being in Boston, I got an SG, I found an old SG for like Gibson
SG for $200 or whatever it was.
Started playing that a little bit more, and then I moved to, after, it was 1978, I moved
to Belgium [G] to play in a band.
And right before I left, I said, I think I'll just sell this.
I just stupidly, I was so [N] stupid, I sold it.
There was a little tiny music store, I don't remember the name of it, in Harvard Square in Cambridge.
You have to walk down the stairs, and it was just a little, and I went in there and I sold
it for like $400.
And I was glad to have the $400.
You know, I kind of had sold all my stuff when I was moving to Europe, my SG.
So I moved to Europe, and [Ab] almost as soon as I got there, I was like, oh man, why did I,
I should never have sold that guitar.
You know, thinking of all the, just even then, I'm thinking, wow, I got this from my teacher,
and I should never have sold it.
[A] I [N] really regretted it.
But then I kind of went out of my mind, and I stayed, I mean, _ whatever, I got married,
I met my wife, I stayed over there for a year, I came back to the States, and then I actually
went to Boston to see even if the store, that store was gone.
In the last few years, since computers, every once in a while, I wonder, I'll put in, because
it's so, if you put ES-175 with maple neck or something, I thought maybe it'll show up or something.
But no, nothing ever.
I just kept, every once in a while, every year, so I'd kind of, _ _ but so then, _ my mom
died a few years back, and when I was going through, I had to go and clean out her house
and stuff, and you know, finding whatever stuff of my old stuff that was left in there and stuff.
And I found a little piece of paper that had the serial number of this guitar on it.
And so I just kept that.
I thought, well, that's kind of cool.
So it was, then I also knew that it was [Gb] made in 68, it's a 68 guitar. _ _ _
_ So [N] _ I just kept that piece of paper, and I had it sort of up on my desk, you know, and
then, _ so in Seattle, I have, do you know Danny Hufford, who works for, he works for Gibson.
He's like, I met him long ago, just, he's a great guitar player, and he now works for
Gibson, and _ [Ab] I was hanging out with him, and we were just talking about, you know, like,
he said, oh man, I had the Les Paul when I was, you know, whatever, the stories about
all the guitars that got away, you know.
So I told him this story about, God, I wish I had got rid of this guitar, and I gave,
and I thought, wow, he works for Gibson, maybe I'll just give him the, I gave him the serial
[Abm] number, not thinking I'd get the guitar back, but thought maybe, oh, maybe he could talk
to somebody at the factory, and maybe they would remember the time period when they made
it, or, you know, just sort of putting it out there.
And then, but then just [A] a few weeks ago, I was in San Francisco, and I get this [G] message
from Danny, and he says, Bill, I think I might have found your guitar.
And he found it.
It was on Facebook, [N] I think he saw it on a Facebook _ post from Thunder Road Guitars in
West Seattle, and it was just a bunch of guitars, _ and he, because of my description of these
odd features, he sort of, it drew him in, and then he actually, I guess he, _ _ _ I don't
know, I gave him the serial number, [A] and it was, the suit matched up.
[Gm] So I, he called me, and I just immediately called them and told them, don't, I got, you
know, wait until I get home, I want it, you know, and I hadn't even seen it, if it was,
but then what's really amazing is [Gb] it's exactly, no one put a Floyd Rose on it, or _ [Eb] painted
it or broke it, or, it's been, you know, it's been played, played a lot, and it's got all
the, you [Gb] know, checking, and, you know, it's a lot older than it was, you know, I'm talking,
it was 37 years ago when I last had it, but [G] nothing's been altered at all, it's the same
pickup that Dale put in it, [Ab] the knobs that I put [Eb] on it, you know. _ _ _ _ _
[B] It just feels amazing.
It's like, I mean, my hands were formed on this neck.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] I'm studying with Dale.
He passes this thing on to me.
He introduces me to Jim [N] Hall.
I take lessons with Jim Hall with this guitar, and I took some lessons with Johnny Smith
with this guitar.
You know, I was in New York for the first time with this guitar, then moved in Boston.
The first trip I went to Boston, I had this guitar.
_ Then I moved back to Denver, _ _ _ and basically, you know, I lived alone in a small apartment
and just practiced all day with this guitar.
I taught in a music store. _
Gordon Close's Melody Music, I taught in the store.
Mostly, I wanted to teach jazz, but I was teaching mostly little kids.
I was so out of touch with, I mean, you know, a little girl would come in with her mom,
and I'm like, man, you gotta check out Charlie Parker.
I'm like, I was so not the right person to be teaching these kids.
So much stuff happened with this guitar. _ _
Jim Hall had his hands on it.
Johnny Smith had his hands on it.
_ Kenny Vaughn had his hands on it.
_ Dale Bruning came from him.
So then I, _ the mid-70s, 75, I left Denver.
_ Another guy I met, Mike Miller, another guy, guitar player who lives in LA, was a big _ influence on me.
_ Memories of playing this guitar with him.
_ _ _ But so I moved to Boston, still playing only this guitar. Yeah.
So after a couple years of being in Boston, I got an SG, I found an old SG for like Gibson
SG for $200 or whatever it was.
Started playing that a little bit more, and then I moved to, after, it was 1978, I moved
to Belgium [G] to play in a band.
And right before I left, I said, I think I'll just sell this.
I just stupidly, I was so [N] stupid, I sold it.
There was a little tiny music store, I don't remember the name of it, in Harvard Square in Cambridge.
You have to walk down the stairs, and it was just a little, and I went in there and I sold
it for like $400.
And I was glad to have the $400.
You know, I kind of had sold all my stuff when I was moving to Europe, my SG.
So I moved to Europe, and [Ab] almost as soon as I got there, I was like, oh man, why did I,
I should never have sold that guitar.
You know, thinking of all the, just even then, I'm thinking, wow, I got this from my teacher,
and I should never have sold it.
[A] I [N] really regretted it.
But then I kind of went out of my mind, and I stayed, I mean, _ whatever, I got married,
I met my wife, I stayed over there for a year, I came back to the States, and then I actually
went to Boston to see even if the store, that store was gone.
In the last few years, since computers, every once in a while, I wonder, I'll put in, because
it's so, if you put ES-175 with maple neck or something, I thought maybe it'll show up or something.
But no, nothing ever.
I just kept, every once in a while, every year, so I'd kind of, _ _ but so then, _ my mom
died a few years back, and when I was going through, I had to go and clean out her house
and stuff, and you know, finding whatever stuff of my old stuff that was left in there and stuff.
And I found a little piece of paper that had the serial number of this guitar on it.
And so I just kept that.
I thought, well, that's kind of cool.
So it was, then I also knew that it was [Gb] made in 68, it's a 68 guitar. _ _ _
_ So [N] _ I just kept that piece of paper, and I had it sort of up on my desk, you know, and
then, _ so in Seattle, I have, do you know Danny Hufford, who works for, he works for Gibson.
He's like, I met him long ago, just, he's a great guitar player, and he now works for
Gibson, and _ [Ab] I was hanging out with him, and we were just talking about, you know, like,
he said, oh man, I had the Les Paul when I was, you know, whatever, the stories about
all the guitars that got away, you know.
So I told him this story about, God, I wish I had got rid of this guitar, and I gave,
and I thought, wow, he works for Gibson, maybe I'll just give him the, I gave him the serial
[Abm] number, not thinking I'd get the guitar back, but thought maybe, oh, maybe he could talk
to somebody at the factory, and maybe they would remember the time period when they made
it, or, you know, just sort of putting it out there.
And then, but then just [A] a few weeks ago, I was in San Francisco, and I get this [G] message
from Danny, and he says, Bill, I think I might have found your guitar.
And he found it.
It was on Facebook, [N] I think he saw it on a Facebook _ post from Thunder Road Guitars in
West Seattle, and it was just a bunch of guitars, _ and he, because of my description of these
odd features, he sort of, it drew him in, and then he actually, I guess he, _ _ _ I don't
know, I gave him the serial number, [A] and it was, the suit matched up.
[Gm] So I, he called me, and I just immediately called them and told them, don't, I got, you
know, wait until I get home, I want it, you know, and I hadn't even seen it, if it was,
but then what's really amazing is [Gb] it's exactly, no one put a Floyd Rose on it, or _ [Eb] painted
it or broke it, or, it's been, you know, it's been played, played a lot, and it's got all
the, you [Gb] know, checking, and, you know, it's a lot older than it was, you know, I'm talking,
it was 37 years ago when I last had it, but [G] nothing's been altered at all, it's the same
pickup that Dale put in it, [Ab] the knobs that I put [Eb] on it, you know. _ _ _ _ _