Chords for Catfish Blues Riffs

_ _ _ So the basic premise for [F] Catfish Blues _ is, _ _ first of all, Muddy Waters typically never
plays the same thing twice or in any specific order.
So what I'm going to offer up is some riffs for the recording that _ _ _ [C#]
we're listening to
_ off of YouTube.
_ _ _ Just [C] some basic things [E] you can do.
[A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[G] _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ Maybe just offer up some [Bm] basic riffs.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [G] _ _ [E] Let's _ _ _
_ [F#m] slow that down, take a look at it.
[F] _
_ Essentially, I'm just always, you know, anytime I'm not playing a riff, _ I'm doing that [F#] blues
rhythm with [D#] the _ first finger, just [N] the first finger down on the second fret fifth string
and playing the top two [E] strings. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C#] _ _ What [D] I'm going to do [B] here is maybe just play that first thing [E] I did. _
_ _ So a double hit on the [A] top two strings and then [F#] second fret third [B] string, going to bend up.
_ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _
_ Going to do like [A] a bend up, [Em] pull off, and then _ go straight to the second fret on the fourth string.
So [A] second fret third string, bend up, [Em] pull off, _ _ _ _ and then just go back to [E] the top two strings.
_ _ [G] And the third fret _ _ _ _ _ _ [F]
sixth [E] string _ _ and then back to the second fret [N] fourth string.
So playing it a little [E] slower.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ You [E] can do that too.
_ [C#] Or you can just go straight there.
You [E] can go _ _ [G] _ [E] like _ _ that or [N] you can do like a really quick hammer on, pull off.
_ _ _ So [Em] again, _ _ _ _ double hit on the top [E] string, _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [B] _ _ [D#] something like that. _
And again, just other riffs [E] you can do.
_ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[C] And then go third fret first [G] string _ _ and then fifth [Em] fret _ _ second string. _ _ _
_ _ [C] If I put that into [E] context, _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ something like that.
I tend to wiggle this around, do a little vibrato on it and go back _ [Gm] _
[A#] to_
I [D#] always kind of, when I'm playing these little [G] riffs, I always [E] return to _ _ [G] _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ the_
[Gm] _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] There's another one that's [F] pretty popular, the old _ sliding up from the_
[F#] Sliding up to the fourth fret third string, _ third [Bm] fret second string.
_ _ _ I [F] tend to just slide up from the two frets [Bm] before it. _
_ _ _ _ _ So I guess [F#] technically you'd start on the _ third fret third string, second fret second
[Fm] string and go up one fret and hit [E] just those two strings.
_ _ You can also add, in this key, you can add that open E string.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _ We know that already.
_ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
So if [F] you want to add that, [Bm] pull off, _ _ _ _ _ _ and [B]
then second fret third string again.
[E] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [N] _ So those are some good riffs and remember we got [Em] that.
_ _ _ _ [C#] _
[G] Just _ _ [Em] _ _ like the old _ [N] _ _ _ Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze, you can [B] slide up _ on third string to the fourth _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] fret [Dm] there and then second fret, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D#] third fret second string.
[G] _
_ Sorry, _ _ _ [E] _ _
let me go [N] over that again.
So that's slide up from the second to [B] the fourth fret on the third string _ [Dm] and then third
fret _ [Gm] second string, third fret first string [F#] and then fifth fret second string.
_ [C#] _ And that could just be used as a [B] basic [G] phrase.
_ [E] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ So that's what [F#] we do when we put it into context.
Last time, second fret, [A#m] slide up to the [B] fourth fret on the third string _ [C#] and just hit that
note and then you can just bar this here and play the _ [Gm] second string, then the first string
_ and then [E] go to the fifth fret second string.
[G] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ So that'll [N] get you started. _