Chords for Can I play a FRETLESS guitar?

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_ [D] _ Hey _ _ _ friends, I'm here again at the shop of Marshall Burnet.
We just finished filming a couple videos in which [G] we put on some [D] gut frets on a classical
guitar for the first time.
And [A] you can check those videos out here.
_ But I'm still here and we have just cut off all the frets and I couldn't possibly have _
missed the opportunity [Gb] to try to play some classical guitar [Eb] on a [E] fretless _ instrument.
_ _ So [F] in this video I'm going to goof around and see if I can play some classical guitar
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_ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ It's like everything I play sounds hilarious.
_ _ Partially it's because [D] I'm really guessing at the exact [E] pitch but also because without
the frets, it's like we have no sustain.
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_ [E] _ Somehow on ouds they've managed to make it have [A] tons of sustain still [E] but here, _ _ [Am] it's
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_ _ _ _ Chords are like impossible.
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_ [Ab] I give up.
I'll try the fast [A] variation from the Mozart [E] variations. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Every time I have to shift it just becomes this hilarious [Ab] slide.
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Oh my [G] god. _ _ _ _ _
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[D] _ That was painful.
_ I'm going to try a little improvisation now in an open tuning, _ _ _ _ _ _ open D major chord. _ _
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So the only thing keeping [N] me on track here is the fact that _ the slots here have been
already cut for new frets so I can kind of see a line here but still, even if I try to
go right on top of the [Ab] line, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ half a millimeter completely [E] changes the pitch.
It's like impossible to play good [A] chords. _ _ _ _ _
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You know what would be great is romantic music because they really love all those really
big portamento, those slides.
[Ab] So let's see if it works.
Let's try some Chopin.
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_ _ _ [B] Sorry, [Ab] Chopin.
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[B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ Yeah, I [N] think if Chopin was alive he'd never forgive me for that one.
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_ _ [D] _ So my [C] conclusion is basically everything I play on a Fretless guitar sounds pretty stupid.
And it's really showing me how much I rely on the frets.
You know, we don't think about it but I think it's like the feel of the fret on the very
side of your finger that kind of orients me.
It's not just your eyes because you can play with your eyes closed but here I just feel
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I just realized [Eb] I can totally play [A] Oud music now.
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_ [D] _ _ _ I think it's safe to say [A] I'm going to stick with playing frets.
_ I'm hopeless without them.
So I'm going to go back to Marshall and have him put some metal frets on this.
In another video we're going to compare it to [G] gut frets.
So again if [D] you missed that video I'm sure you can now check it out.
It should be officially public at this point.
So [A] check that out.
Thanks for watching.
I'll see you guys next time.
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