Chords for Born In Chicago Style Blues Guitar Lesson

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Chords used:

A

Em

Ab

E

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Born In Chicago Style Blues Guitar Lesson chords
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Hi, Griff Hamlin here.
In today's lesson I want to show you a riff that's kind of like, well, [F] Wipeout among other
things but it's actually, I'm taking [Ab] it from a Paul Butterfield blues classic called Born in Chicago.
And this is actually, it is very similar to Wipeout so you may get a little bit of that
out of it too.
But it's in the key of A [E] and it's a cool little walk up.
I start out at the 7th fret of the [G] 5th string and then I go the 5th, [Ab] [A] 6th and 7th frets
on the 4th string.
[Db] So [Em] I [Ab] [A]
have
[Em] [Ab] [A] And then I strike that 7th fret on the A [E] string again.
[A]
Now what's really important, that's not very hard to play.
What's super important is that you get [Em] it in the right spot timing wise, get the right count.
So it's 1 and 2 and 3 and [Ab] 4 [Eb] and 1.
It's the last note that's on 1.
So 1 and 2 [Em] and 3 and [Ab] 4 [A] and 1 and 2 and [Em] 3 and [Ab] 4 [A] and 1 and 2 and [Em] 3 [Ab] and 4 [A] and 1 and 2 and
[Em] 3 [Fm] and 4 [A] and 1 and 2 and.
[G] Okay, now it's super easy to get to the 4 chord.
Obviously that's kind of all A7.
[A]
That [E] stop note is A.
[A] [Em]
[A] [Em] [A]
You [E] could hit it, you could stab a little [A] A chord to go with it if you wanted.
The next chord in the blues progression is going to be D.
[D] I'm literally just going to
take the whole thing, translate it [Gbm] by one string.
So I'm going to start with that 7th fret on the 4th [G] string.
You should already be [Am] there.
[Db]
And [Gm] move up to [C] the 3rd string.
5, 6, [D] 7.
[E] [A]
[Ab] [A] Then I'm going to take [Bm] this whole thing and move it up two frets like I do for the 5 chord.
[E]
Back down to [Am] the D chord [D] and [E] the A.
[A] [Ab]
[A] [Em] And then that's it.
You start the whole thing all over again.
So if I count it, I get something like this.
1, 2, [Fm] 3.
[A] [Em]
[A] 1 and 2 and [Em] 3 [A] and [Gbm] [D]
[Em] [A] 4 and 1 and 2 [Em] and [Dbm] 3 [Gbm] [Bm] and [Ebm] 4 [Em]
[F] [D] [Em]
[Gbm] [E] [A] and 1 and 2 and [Em] 3 [D] and [F] 4.
And then we've started over.
Okay, so that's it.
It's really not that tough, but it's a fun little groove.
You can take it to a jam session and play off of it or you can throw lyrics over that.
It doesn't have to be born in Chicago.
Believe me, a lot of tunes will work.
A lot of subtle lyrics will work.
So hopefully you can take that and try it out and have some fun with it.
If you want to play it in solo over it, it's in the key of A.
Knock yourself out.
Alright, talk
Key:  
A
1231
Em
121
Ab
134211114
E
2311
D
1321
A
1231
Em
121
Ab
134211114
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Hi, Griff Hamlin here.
In today's lesson I want to show you a riff that's kind of like, well, [F] Wipeout among other
things but it's actually, I'm taking [Ab] it from a Paul Butterfield blues classic called Born in Chicago.
_ And this is actually, it is very similar to Wipeout so you may get a little bit of that
out of it too.
But it's in the key of A _ _ [E] and it's a cool little walk up.
I start out at the 7th fret of the [G] 5th string and then I go the 5th, [Ab] [A] 6th and 7th frets
on the 4th string.
[Db] So [Em] I _ [Ab] _ [A]
have_
[Em] _ [Ab] _ [A] And then I strike that 7th fret on the A [E] string again.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
Now what's really important, that's not very hard to play.
What's super important is that you get [Em] it in the right spot timing wise, get the right count.
So it's 1 and 2 and 3 and [Ab] 4 [Eb] and 1.
It's the last note that's on 1.
So 1 and 2 [Em] and 3 and [Ab] 4 [A] and 1 and 2 and [Em] 3 and [Ab] 4 [A] and 1 and 2 and [Em] 3 [Ab] and 4 [A] and 1 and 2 and
[Em] 3 [Fm] and 4 [A] and 1 and 2 and.
_ [G] Okay, now it's super easy to get to the 4 chord.
Obviously that's kind of all A7.
[A] _
That [E] stop note is A.
[A] _ _ _ [Em] _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ _
You [E] could hit it, you could stab a little [A] A chord to go with it if you wanted.
The next chord in the blues progression is going to be D. _
[D] _ I'm literally just going to
take the whole thing, translate it [Gbm] by one string.
_ So I'm going to start with that 7th fret on the 4th [G] string.
You should already be [Am] there.
[Db]
And [Gm] move up to [C] the 3rd string.
5, 6, [D] 7.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ [A] _ _ _ Then I'm going to take [Bm] this whole thing and move it up two frets like I do for the 5 chord.
_ [E] _ _
_ Back down to [Am] the D chord [D] and [E] _ the A.
_ [A] _ _ _ [Ab] _
[A] _ _ _ [Em] And then that's it.
You start the whole thing all over again.
So if I count it, I get something like this.
1, 2, [Fm] 3.
[A] _ _ [Em] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ 1 and 2 and [Em] 3 [A] and _ [Gbm] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] [A] 4 and 1 and 2 [Em] and [Dbm] 3 [Gbm] _ [Bm] and [Ebm] 4 [Em] _
_ _ [F] _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[Gbm] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] and 1 and 2 and [Em] 3 [D] and [F] 4.
And then we've started over.
Okay, so that's it.
It's really not that tough, but it's a fun little groove.
You can take it to a jam session and play off of it or you can throw lyrics over that.
It doesn't have to be born in Chicago.
Believe me, a lot of tunes will work.
_ A lot of subtle lyrics will work.
So hopefully you can take that and try it out and have some fun with it.
If you want to play it in solo over it, it's in the key of A.
Knock yourself out.
Alright, talk