Chords for Come Monday Acoustic Guitar Lesson - Jimmy Buffett
Tempo:
77.65 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
E
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] Heading up [D] to San Francisco [E] for the [A] Labor Day weekend show.
I got [D] my hush puppies on, I guess [E] I never was meant [A] for glitter rock and roll.
[Bm] And [D] honey, I didn't [E] know that I'd be missing you so.
[D] Come Monday, [A] it'll be alright.
[D] Come Monday, [E] I'll be holding you [C#m] tight.
I spent four lonely [D] days in a brown LA haze.
And I just want you back by [A] my side.
Well, I dug pretty deep into my wardrobe,
found a shirt appropriate for Jimmy Buffett, I think.
[N] And in this lesson, we're going to take a look at Come Monday,
1974 tune of Jimmy's from his album Living and Dying in 3-4 Time.
3-4 Time, however you want to think of it.
And this song is not in 3-4 Time, but that's OK.
So this is a really fun song to play.
And one of the things I like to have people do with it,
it's a very simple finger picking pattern that [D#] starts off as an [A] arpeggio
and then goes into an [Dm] alternating.
So it's half arpeggio for one measure and then half [F] arpeggio
in the first part of the measure.
And then our second part of the measure will have alternating bass.
So it gives us a chance to work on a kind of hybrid [G] pattern.
We also have transitions from finger picking into strumming.
And that's something that is kind of difficult to do,
especially when you're strumming [D] loudly and then [A] have to get very softly
and not have [F] it sound like a big jolt happened right there.
So that's something I like to have people do with this song,
is learn to make the transition from [G#m] a finger picking part
into a strumming part and vice versa, from the strumming part
into a finger picking part.
So he plays this capo at the second fret, fingering it using G chords,
[F] chords in the key of G, which puts it in the key of A.
So a lot of music out there shows this in the key of A,
but some of the little things [E] that happen in the introduction
don't work out as well in the key of A.
So it's really important that if we want to get exactly the sound that he's
doing, that we use G.
Now, I'm not going to do the lesson using the capo.
So you don't have to worry about that as far as if you don't have a capo,
don't worry.
We're going to play it down [G] here.
That's the little intro vamp.
That's the only specific thing you really have to do in the finger [N] picking.
So we'll be doing it open, and then we'll be looking at the words
and singing it and all that kind of stuff.
So it does have kind of interesting finger picking patterns.
So we'll talk about the right hand separately.
The chords are pretty simple.
So we will go through the chords pretty quickly.
But welcome to the Come Monday lesson by Jimmy Buffett.
I want to talk just a little bit about what a capo does to the key of a song
and why you would use one.
This is a song that Jimmy put together in the key of G.
So he's using chords in the key of G, actually all normal chords
in the key of G, G, C, and D, which are [F#] 1, 4, and 5.
And then he throws in [F] an A minor.
And that's it for the verse.
Now, it modulates in the bridge.
[G] And that's kind of a, there's this drastic change.
We've been hearing these G [C#m] chords.
And all of a sudden, it goes to A major 7.
So it sounds like you stepped [B] off the curve or something
when you hear that modulation.
And so he [E] does some really interesting things with the chords here,
getting out of the key of G and then back into the key of G.
And his transitions are done by using a chord outside the key of G,
but in the key of C.
[G] In the key of G, we've got four normal chords
that happen all the way through this song.
G, and again, we like to play the G with your second, [F#] third, and fourth fingers.
And because of what happens in the introduction, this little vamp
that he does, it's absolutely important that you play it this way.
Because what's going to be happening is your first finger and second finger
are going to be hammering on to C and E at the first fret of the B string
and the second fret of the D string.
Right hand, for come Monday, is going to be doing standard finger picking,
where your thumb's going to be playing the two bass notes for each chord.
On the G chord, [D] it'll be the sixth and fifth strings.
And on C's, it'll be fifth and fourth.
And on D, it'll be fourth and third.
And then [G] for the chords other than D, we're going to be using three fingers.
Now, the pattern, though, is kind of interesting,
because what we're going to do in this is have four notes played as an arpeggio.
So if you can be looking at the tablature, it's going to be a pinch,
though, on the first beat.
I'm just looking at the introduction.
But the main pattern is going to be a bass [D] note and then another bass note,
[G] followed by your index finger and then your middle finger.
So those four notes played as eighth notes, one and two and.
And then the second half of the measure is alternating bass notes,
going from the sixth string, adding your third finger in on the [D] and,
and you're coming in for the [G] last bass note with a finger at the end.
So here's what that looks like.
[N] Let's take a closer look now at what we're going to do to play and sing,
come Monday.
A couple of attachments, a chart that, again, just has the chords at the top
and the words at the bottom.
And then tablature that you can, of course, download as a PDF
or as a guitar profile.
And then there really is not a lot of tablature required for this song.
But I do have the introduction written out exactly the way
I'd want you to play it.
But what I really encourage with a song like this
is some variety in what you're picking.
You don't have to do the same thing every time.
That's really important.
So we'll talk [F] about that as we progress through there.
Now, the only thing that is kind of, I don't know,
identifiable in this song, as far as the guitar playing goes,
is this little hammer-on that he has at the end of the [G] first measure.
So very slowly, [B] we walk through that one stroke at a time.
It starts with a pinch with your thumb and your middle finger,
followed by your thumb on the fourth string,
then your index finger on the third string,
and your middle finger on the second string.
Now, that half of a measure is [N] very similar to what
we're going to be doing as the normal picking
pattern throughout the song.
I have a metronome set at 80.
Not just a metronome, my metronome.
And I'll just pick through the intro, the verse, the chorus.
And we'll go straight from that chorus into the bridge,
just so you can hear what those chords sound like.
And then we'll do another chorus.
And at the end of the song, he repeats the last line.
So we have an outro.
And you can see that on the tablature page,
where it kicks back into the F chord.
So 80, I will try to get the picking exactly right
and do some nice transitions from picking to strumming.
2, 3, 4.
I got [D] my hush puppies on, I guess [E] I never was meant [A] for glitter rock and roll.
[Bm] And [D] honey, I didn't [E] know that I'd be missing you so.
[D] Come Monday, [A] it'll be alright.
[D] Come Monday, [E] I'll be holding you [C#m] tight.
I spent four lonely [D] days in a brown LA haze.
And I just want you back by [A] my side.
Well, I dug pretty deep into my wardrobe,
found a shirt appropriate for Jimmy Buffett, I think.
[N] And in this lesson, we're going to take a look at Come Monday,
1974 tune of Jimmy's from his album Living and Dying in 3-4 Time.
3-4 Time, however you want to think of it.
And this song is not in 3-4 Time, but that's OK.
So this is a really fun song to play.
And one of the things I like to have people do with it,
it's a very simple finger picking pattern that [D#] starts off as an [A] arpeggio
and then goes into an [Dm] alternating.
So it's half arpeggio for one measure and then half [F] arpeggio
in the first part of the measure.
And then our second part of the measure will have alternating bass.
So it gives us a chance to work on a kind of hybrid [G] pattern.
We also have transitions from finger picking into strumming.
And that's something that is kind of difficult to do,
especially when you're strumming [D] loudly and then [A] have to get very softly
and not have [F] it sound like a big jolt happened right there.
So that's something I like to have people do with this song,
is learn to make the transition from [G#m] a finger picking part
into a strumming part and vice versa, from the strumming part
into a finger picking part.
So he plays this capo at the second fret, fingering it using G chords,
[F] chords in the key of G, which puts it in the key of A.
So a lot of music out there shows this in the key of A,
but some of the little things [E] that happen in the introduction
don't work out as well in the key of A.
So it's really important that if we want to get exactly the sound that he's
doing, that we use G.
Now, I'm not going to do the lesson using the capo.
So you don't have to worry about that as far as if you don't have a capo,
don't worry.
We're going to play it down [G] here.
That's the little intro vamp.
That's the only specific thing you really have to do in the finger [N] picking.
So we'll be doing it open, and then we'll be looking at the words
and singing it and all that kind of stuff.
So it does have kind of interesting finger picking patterns.
So we'll talk about the right hand separately.
The chords are pretty simple.
So we will go through the chords pretty quickly.
But welcome to the Come Monday lesson by Jimmy Buffett.
I want to talk just a little bit about what a capo does to the key of a song
and why you would use one.
This is a song that Jimmy put together in the key of G.
So he's using chords in the key of G, actually all normal chords
in the key of G, G, C, and D, which are [F#] 1, 4, and 5.
And then he throws in [F] an A minor.
And that's it for the verse.
Now, it modulates in the bridge.
[G] And that's kind of a, there's this drastic change.
We've been hearing these G [C#m] chords.
And all of a sudden, it goes to A major 7.
So it sounds like you stepped [B] off the curve or something
when you hear that modulation.
And so he [E] does some really interesting things with the chords here,
getting out of the key of G and then back into the key of G.
And his transitions are done by using a chord outside the key of G,
but in the key of C.
[G] In the key of G, we've got four normal chords
that happen all the way through this song.
G, and again, we like to play the G with your second, [F#] third, and fourth fingers.
And because of what happens in the introduction, this little vamp
that he does, it's absolutely important that you play it this way.
Because what's going to be happening is your first finger and second finger
are going to be hammering on to C and E at the first fret of the B string
and the second fret of the D string.
Right hand, for come Monday, is going to be doing standard finger picking,
where your thumb's going to be playing the two bass notes for each chord.
On the G chord, [D] it'll be the sixth and fifth strings.
And on C's, it'll be fifth and fourth.
And on D, it'll be fourth and third.
And then [G] for the chords other than D, we're going to be using three fingers.
Now, the pattern, though, is kind of interesting,
because what we're going to do in this is have four notes played as an arpeggio.
So if you can be looking at the tablature, it's going to be a pinch,
though, on the first beat.
I'm just looking at the introduction.
But the main pattern is going to be a bass [D] note and then another bass note,
[G] followed by your index finger and then your middle finger.
So those four notes played as eighth notes, one and two and.
And then the second half of the measure is alternating bass notes,
going from the sixth string, adding your third finger in on the [D] and,
and you're coming in for the [G] last bass note with a finger at the end.
So here's what that looks like.
[N] Let's take a closer look now at what we're going to do to play and sing,
come Monday.
A couple of attachments, a chart that, again, just has the chords at the top
and the words at the bottom.
And then tablature that you can, of course, download as a PDF
or as a guitar profile.
And then there really is not a lot of tablature required for this song.
But I do have the introduction written out exactly the way
I'd want you to play it.
But what I really encourage with a song like this
is some variety in what you're picking.
You don't have to do the same thing every time.
That's really important.
So we'll talk [F] about that as we progress through there.
Now, the only thing that is kind of, I don't know,
identifiable in this song, as far as the guitar playing goes,
is this little hammer-on that he has at the end of the [G] first measure.
So very slowly, [B] we walk through that one stroke at a time.
It starts with a pinch with your thumb and your middle finger,
followed by your thumb on the fourth string,
then your index finger on the third string,
and your middle finger on the second string.
Now, that half of a measure is [N] very similar to what
we're going to be doing as the normal picking
pattern throughout the song.
I have a metronome set at 80.
Not just a metronome, my metronome.
And I'll just pick through the intro, the verse, the chorus.
And we'll go straight from that chorus into the bridge,
just so you can hear what those chords sound like.
And then we'll do another chorus.
And at the end of the song, he repeats the last line.
So we have an outro.
And you can see that on the tablature page,
where it kicks back into the F chord.
So 80, I will try to get the picking exactly right
and do some nice transitions from picking to strumming.
2, 3, 4.
Key:
D
G
A
E
F
D
G
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ Heading up [D] to San Francisco [E] for the [A] Labor Day weekend show.
_ I got [D] my hush puppies on, I guess [E] I never was meant [A] for glitter rock and roll.
[Bm] And [D] honey, I didn't [E] know that I'd be missing you so.
[D] Come Monday, [A] it'll be alright.
[D] Come Monday, [E] I'll be holding you [C#m] tight.
I spent four lonely [D] days in a brown LA haze.
And I just want you back by [A] my side. _
_ _ _ _ Well, I dug pretty deep into my wardrobe,
found a shirt appropriate for Jimmy Buffett, I think.
[N] And in this lesson, we're going to take a look at Come Monday,
1974 tune of Jimmy's from his album Living and Dying in 3-4 Time.
3-4 Time, however you want to think of it.
And this song is not in 3-4 Time, but that's OK.
So this is a really fun song to play.
And one of the things I like to have people do with it,
it's a very simple finger picking pattern that [D#] starts off as an [A] arpeggio
and then goes into an [Dm] alternating.
So it's half arpeggio for one measure and then half [F] arpeggio
in the first part of the measure.
And then our second part of the measure will have alternating bass.
So it gives us a chance to work on a kind of hybrid [G] pattern.
We also have transitions from finger picking into strumming.
And that's something that is kind of difficult to do,
especially when you're strumming [D] loudly and then [A] have to get very softly
and not have [F] it sound like a big jolt happened right there.
So that's something I like to have people do with this song,
is learn to make the transition from [G#m] a finger picking part
into a strumming part and vice versa, from the strumming part
into a finger picking part.
So he plays this capo at the second fret, _ fingering it using G chords,
[F] chords in the key of G, which puts it in the key of A.
So a lot of music out there shows this in the key of A,
but some of the little things [E] that happen in the introduction
don't work out as well in the key of A.
So it's really important that if we want to get exactly the sound that he's
doing, that we use G.
Now, I'm not going to do the lesson using the capo.
So you don't have to worry about that as far as if you don't have a capo,
don't worry.
We're going to play it down [G] here. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ That's the little intro vamp.
That's the only specific thing you really have to do in the finger [N] picking.
So we'll be doing it open, and then we'll be looking at the words
and singing it and all that kind of stuff.
So it does have kind of interesting finger picking patterns.
So we'll talk about the right hand separately.
The chords are pretty simple.
So we will go through the chords pretty quickly.
But welcome to the Come Monday lesson by Jimmy Buffett. _ _ _
I want to talk just a little bit about what a capo does to the key of a song
and why you would use one.
This is a song that Jimmy put together in the key of G.
So he's using chords in the key of G, actually all normal chords
in the key of G, G, C, and D, which are [F#] 1, 4, and 5.
And then he throws in [F] an A minor.
And that's it for the verse.
Now, it modulates in the bridge.
[G] And that's kind of a, there's this drastic change.
We've been hearing these G [C#m] chords.
And all of a sudden, it goes to A major 7.
So it sounds like you stepped [B] off the curve or something
when you hear that modulation.
And so he [E] does some really interesting things with the chords here,
getting out of the key of G and then back into the key of G.
And his transitions are done by using a chord outside the key of G,
but in the key of C. _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ In the key of G, we've got four normal chords
that happen all the way through this song.
G, and again, we like to play the G with your second, [F#] third, and fourth fingers.
And because of what happens in the introduction, this little vamp
that he does, it's absolutely important that you play it this way.
Because what's going to be happening is your first finger and second finger
are going to be hammering on to C and E at the first fret of the B string
and the second fret of the D string. _ _ _ _
Right hand, for come Monday, is going to be doing standard finger picking,
where your thumb's going to be playing the two bass notes for each chord.
On the G chord, [D] it'll be the sixth and fifth strings.
And on C's, it'll be fifth and fourth.
And on D, it'll be fourth and third.
And then [G] for the chords other than D, we're going to be using three fingers.
Now, the pattern, though, is kind of interesting,
because what we're going to do in this is have four notes played as an arpeggio.
So if you can be looking at the tablature, it's going to be a pinch,
though, on the first beat.
I'm just looking at the introduction.
But the main pattern is going to be a bass [D] note and then another bass note,
[G] followed by your index finger and then your middle finger.
So those four notes played as eighth notes, one and two and.
And then the second half of the measure is alternating bass notes,
going from the sixth string, adding your third finger in on the [D] and,
and you're coming in for the [G] last bass note with a finger at the end.
So here's what that looks like. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ Let's take a closer look now at what we're going to do to play and sing,
come Monday.
A couple of attachments, a chart that, again, just has the chords at the top
and the words at the bottom.
And then tablature that you can, of course, download as a PDF
or as a guitar profile.
And then there really is not a lot of tablature required for this song.
But I do have the introduction written out exactly the way
I'd want you to play it.
But what I really encourage with a song like this
is some variety in what you're picking.
You don't have to do the same thing every time.
That's really important.
So we'll talk [F] about that as we progress through there.
Now, the only thing that is kind of, I don't know,
identifiable in this song, as far as the guitar playing goes,
is this little hammer-on that he has at the end of the [G] first measure. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
So very slowly, [B] we walk through that one stroke at a time.
It starts with a pinch with your thumb and your middle finger,
followed by your thumb on the fourth string,
then your index finger on the third string,
and your middle finger on the second string.
Now, that half of a measure is [N] very similar to what
we're going to be doing as the normal picking
pattern throughout the song.
_ _ I have a metronome set at 80.
Not just a metronome, my metronome.
And I'll just pick through the intro, the verse, the chorus.
And we'll go straight from that chorus into the bridge,
just so you can hear what those chords sound like.
And then we'll do another chorus.
And at the end of the song, he repeats the last line.
So we have an outro.
And you can see that on the tablature page,
where it kicks back into the F chord.
So 80, I will try to get the picking exactly right
and do some nice transitions from picking to strumming.
2, 3, 4.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ Heading up [D] to San Francisco [E] for the [A] Labor Day weekend show.
_ I got [D] my hush puppies on, I guess [E] I never was meant [A] for glitter rock and roll.
[Bm] And [D] honey, I didn't [E] know that I'd be missing you so.
[D] Come Monday, [A] it'll be alright.
[D] Come Monday, [E] I'll be holding you [C#m] tight.
I spent four lonely [D] days in a brown LA haze.
And I just want you back by [A] my side. _
_ _ _ _ Well, I dug pretty deep into my wardrobe,
found a shirt appropriate for Jimmy Buffett, I think.
[N] And in this lesson, we're going to take a look at Come Monday,
1974 tune of Jimmy's from his album Living and Dying in 3-4 Time.
3-4 Time, however you want to think of it.
And this song is not in 3-4 Time, but that's OK.
So this is a really fun song to play.
And one of the things I like to have people do with it,
it's a very simple finger picking pattern that [D#] starts off as an [A] arpeggio
and then goes into an [Dm] alternating.
So it's half arpeggio for one measure and then half [F] arpeggio
in the first part of the measure.
And then our second part of the measure will have alternating bass.
So it gives us a chance to work on a kind of hybrid [G] pattern.
We also have transitions from finger picking into strumming.
And that's something that is kind of difficult to do,
especially when you're strumming [D] loudly and then [A] have to get very softly
and not have [F] it sound like a big jolt happened right there.
So that's something I like to have people do with this song,
is learn to make the transition from [G#m] a finger picking part
into a strumming part and vice versa, from the strumming part
into a finger picking part.
So he plays this capo at the second fret, _ fingering it using G chords,
[F] chords in the key of G, which puts it in the key of A.
So a lot of music out there shows this in the key of A,
but some of the little things [E] that happen in the introduction
don't work out as well in the key of A.
So it's really important that if we want to get exactly the sound that he's
doing, that we use G.
Now, I'm not going to do the lesson using the capo.
So you don't have to worry about that as far as if you don't have a capo,
don't worry.
We're going to play it down [G] here. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ That's the little intro vamp.
That's the only specific thing you really have to do in the finger [N] picking.
So we'll be doing it open, and then we'll be looking at the words
and singing it and all that kind of stuff.
So it does have kind of interesting finger picking patterns.
So we'll talk about the right hand separately.
The chords are pretty simple.
So we will go through the chords pretty quickly.
But welcome to the Come Monday lesson by Jimmy Buffett. _ _ _
I want to talk just a little bit about what a capo does to the key of a song
and why you would use one.
This is a song that Jimmy put together in the key of G.
So he's using chords in the key of G, actually all normal chords
in the key of G, G, C, and D, which are [F#] 1, 4, and 5.
And then he throws in [F] an A minor.
And that's it for the verse.
Now, it modulates in the bridge.
[G] And that's kind of a, there's this drastic change.
We've been hearing these G [C#m] chords.
And all of a sudden, it goes to A major 7.
So it sounds like you stepped [B] off the curve or something
when you hear that modulation.
And so he [E] does some really interesting things with the chords here,
getting out of the key of G and then back into the key of G.
And his transitions are done by using a chord outside the key of G,
but in the key of C. _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ In the key of G, we've got four normal chords
that happen all the way through this song.
G, and again, we like to play the G with your second, [F#] third, and fourth fingers.
And because of what happens in the introduction, this little vamp
that he does, it's absolutely important that you play it this way.
Because what's going to be happening is your first finger and second finger
are going to be hammering on to C and E at the first fret of the B string
and the second fret of the D string. _ _ _ _
Right hand, for come Monday, is going to be doing standard finger picking,
where your thumb's going to be playing the two bass notes for each chord.
On the G chord, [D] it'll be the sixth and fifth strings.
And on C's, it'll be fifth and fourth.
And on D, it'll be fourth and third.
And then [G] for the chords other than D, we're going to be using three fingers.
Now, the pattern, though, is kind of interesting,
because what we're going to do in this is have four notes played as an arpeggio.
So if you can be looking at the tablature, it's going to be a pinch,
though, on the first beat.
I'm just looking at the introduction.
But the main pattern is going to be a bass [D] note and then another bass note,
[G] followed by your index finger and then your middle finger.
So those four notes played as eighth notes, one and two and.
And then the second half of the measure is alternating bass notes,
going from the sixth string, adding your third finger in on the [D] and,
and you're coming in for the [G] last bass note with a finger at the end.
So here's what that looks like. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ Let's take a closer look now at what we're going to do to play and sing,
come Monday.
A couple of attachments, a chart that, again, just has the chords at the top
and the words at the bottom.
And then tablature that you can, of course, download as a PDF
or as a guitar profile.
And then there really is not a lot of tablature required for this song.
But I do have the introduction written out exactly the way
I'd want you to play it.
But what I really encourage with a song like this
is some variety in what you're picking.
You don't have to do the same thing every time.
That's really important.
So we'll talk [F] about that as we progress through there.
Now, the only thing that is kind of, I don't know,
identifiable in this song, as far as the guitar playing goes,
is this little hammer-on that he has at the end of the [G] first measure. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
So very slowly, [B] we walk through that one stroke at a time.
It starts with a pinch with your thumb and your middle finger,
followed by your thumb on the fourth string,
then your index finger on the third string,
and your middle finger on the second string.
Now, that half of a measure is [N] very similar to what
we're going to be doing as the normal picking
pattern throughout the song.
_ _ I have a metronome set at 80.
Not just a metronome, my metronome.
And I'll just pick through the intro, the verse, the chorus.
And we'll go straight from that chorus into the bridge,
just so you can hear what those chords sound like.
And then we'll do another chorus.
And at the end of the song, he repeats the last line.
So we have an outro.
And you can see that on the tablature page,
where it kicks back into the F chord.
So 80, I will try to get the picking exactly right
and do some nice transitions from picking to strumming.
2, 3, 4.
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