Chords for Birthday (Lesson) - Beatles

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A

E

G

F

D

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Birthday (Lesson) - Beatles chords
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Hey, I'll get into that white album remix last few days.
It's awesome
[F] Let's go through birthday
It's actually pretty
Plot easier that sounds mainly because it is just a 12 bar thing and once you have that
[E]
[A] It's just a question of moving up to D then move it up to E
So if you were gonna bar an A chord think of it like this, you know, you got
[N] Just taking the top part of it, which is an F
Brought up so you're on the D G and B strings for the riff.
So just pluck through [A] it
[N]
[A] [F] Now on that bed be careful.
You don't bend it up too far.
So it's just supposed to be
[Gb] Supposed to be up a half a step
[E]
[A]
Only at [N] the end do you do the full but in the verses
[A]
[Ebm] Go two frets up on the B [G] string and bend up a half a step and [A] then back
So it's on the B string
[F] [E] [A]
[Bm] And [Gb] then do the same thing [D] up at D
[E] [Am] [N] Starting at the [A] 12th
[E]
[A] 14
[E] [A]
Then it goes through that's the intro then it goes through a verse like that and happy [E] birthday to you and then Ringo's drone break
And then it comes back in he does the one two, three, four six
And then I do that as an e5.
It's certainly a five chord wherever you do it
But just a regular barred E up here like you normally do it except leave the B and E strings open
[C] [D] [C]
[Cm] I
[E] [C] [Gb] [G]
Do it up here because I'm up at the
[C]
[G] [C]
[Bb] [C]
[E] [Gb] [G]
[E] [G] [C]
[F] [G]
[F] [Db] [E]
Seven [D] five
So
[F]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
that's the same thing you've done and now you continue
[Abm] The D string [A] six
[Abm]
[E]
Does a [G] unison bend up on there so starting on the B string it was at 15 and the high E [F] string it
[Eb]
[A] [E]
[Am] Sort of a Jimmy Page
[E] [D] So you just [N] you fret that high E at 12 and then bend the B up a full step
So that they're the same
[Eb]
[F]
[Eb]
[A]
[D] [A]
[E]
[A]
[Em]
[G] Minor [A] pentatonic in there
[Eb] D [E] at 7
B at 5 [Cm] and [B] B at 8
[A] [G] [Db]
[A]
[E] [D] And [G] up back
back [E] down and then
[Em]
[G] B at 5
[Dm]
[B] G at 7 [Am] then 5
[Bm] Same thing on the D string
[Am]
[E] [A]
[G] [A] [D]
[G] Be careful on that bend don't get lazy like I just did bend it far
[A]
The [Gb] second time through
[G]
[B] Climb the B up
[A]
[Am] [A] Then up on the high [F] D
[A]
Pick up a little curl my high E.
That's
8 or sorry 8 to 10 then bend it up
[Am]
[F] [A]
[C] [D] And
[Eb] [A]
then it ends on [D] it goes through [A] [E] [D]
[A] goes back to him in the very end is
Same way you've done it just starts over me
So [B] once you have this
[E] [A] There's 12 bars with a drum break in the middle [B] good luck
Key:  
A
1231
E
2311
G
2131
F
134211111
D
1321
A
1231
E
2311
G
2131
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_ _ Hey, I'll _ get into that white album remix last few days.
It's awesome _ _ _ _ _
[F] Let's go through birthday
_ _ It's actually pretty
_ Plot easier that sounds mainly because it is just a 12 bar thing and once you have that
[E] _ _
[A] _ It's just a question of moving up to D then move it up to E
So if you were gonna bar an A chord think of it like this, you know, you got _
_ _ _ [N] Just taking the top part of it, which is an F
_ Brought up so you're on the D G and B strings for the riff.
So just pluck through [A] it _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [F] Now on that bed be careful.
You don't bend it up too far.
So it's just supposed to be _
[Gb] _ _ Supposed to be up a half a step
_ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
Only at [N] the end do you do the full but in the verses
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ Go two frets up on the B [G] string and bend up a half a step and [A] then back _ _
_ _ _ So it's on the B string _
_ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ And _ [Gb] _ _ then do the same thing [D] up at D
[E] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [N] Starting at the _ [A] 12th _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ 14
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ Then it goes through that's the intro then it goes through a verse like that and happy [E] birthday to you and then Ringo's drone break
And then it comes back in he does the one two, three, four six _ _ _
And then I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ do that as an e5.
It's certainly a five chord wherever you do it _ _ _
But just a regular barred E up here like you normally do it except leave the B and E strings open _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ I
[E] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Gb] _ [G] _
Do it up here because I'm up at the
[C] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ [E] _ _
_ Seven [D] five
_ So _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ that's the same thing you've done and now you continue _
[Abm] _ _ The D string [A] six
_ [Abm] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Does a [G] unison bend up on there so starting on the B string it was at 15 and the high E [F] string it _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] Sort of a Jimmy Page
_ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ So you just [N] you fret that high E at 12 _ and then bend the B up a full step
So that they're the same
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ Minor [A] pentatonic in there
_ _ [Eb] _ _ D [E] at 7
_ _ _ _ B at 5 _ [Cm] and _ _ [B] B at 8
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Db] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [D] And _ _ [G] up back
back _ _ [E] down and then
[Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ B at 5
[Dm] _ _
_ _ [B] G at 7 [Am] then 5 _
[Bm] _ _ Same thing on the D string
[Am] _ _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] Be careful on that bend don't get lazy like I just did bend it far
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ The [Gb] second time through
_ [G] _
_ [B] _ _ _ Climb the B up
[A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ Then up on the high [F] D
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ Pick up a little curl _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ my high E.
That's _
8 or sorry _ _ _ 8 to 10 then bend it up
_ [Am] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] And _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ then it ends on [D] it goes through _ [A] _ _ [E] _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ goes back to him in the very end is _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Same way you've done it just starts over me _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ So _ [B] once you have this _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ There's 12 bars with a drum break in the middle [B] good luck _ _