Chords for Country Honk Lesson - Rolling Stones
Tempo:
117.6 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
A
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
[G] [C] Hi, I had a few [G] requests to do a lesson on Country Honk from the Let It Bleed album.
And I was sitting here watching the Sabres beat the Bruins and figured I could do a lesson
while I'm watching.
You can probably see in the reflection of the guitar, there they are, the game going on.
Anyway, here's how it goes.
It's in standard tuning and not surprisingly it's the same chords, although the tuning is different.
It's the same chords as the electric version of Honky Tonk Women, but that one is in open G.
This one's in standard tuning in G.
So really the only chords are G, [C] there's C, [A] there's an A7, [D] and there's a D7.
[G] But that's it.
Those four.
And all of them repeat over and over again.
It's the typical standard classic rock verse, chorus, verse deal.
So here's how it starts.
It starts with, this is kind of the riff of the song.
[C]
[G]
[D] [G]
So that is, you play it in a G and I suppose you could play your G like this, like you normally would.
But in this case I play it like [C] this because it makes going up to the [G] C, I don't know,
it doesn't really matter how you play it because you're not really strumming the entire G chord.
You'll see that in a [E] second.
So [G] I'm going to finger it like this, but do it however you think is right.
But on that A string, the riff is kind of played on the A string [C] mostly.
So you [G] do a, so how does it actually start?
So you're just [Gm] on the second and third fret [Eb] on the A [G] string.
So you go ah,
[Am] [C] and [A] [C]
[A] [Em] [F] [E] [N] then it goes up to C on the D string.
But it starts on the A string with the G, and I'll just do it kind of [G] close.
Your third fret on the E string stays on that G note the whole time.
You're not strumming the whole thing.
You're kind of doing like this.
[Eb] Play the top three or the top four, even you can go all the way up to the B string with
your strumming, it doesn't really matter.
But since I'm using my pinky to do this and I'm not covering that high G string, so I
just kind of keep the strumming to the bass strings basically.
So you do [G] that through the intro.
Then you go up to [B] C and do exactly the [C] same thing.
[Em] Except when you do the C, you do want to cover [C]
the B string for the regular [A] C chord, because
you're going to hit that [C] when you're doing your strum.
Then back to the [G] G again.
[D] D, and hit that F sharp.
You'll notice when Keith does his acoustic work, and he's playing a D like in Love and
Vain, he does the same thing.
He does it in different songs.
But he plays, a lot of times he'll reach over and he'll fret that [Gb] F sharp, just like the
same F sharp you're doing up here when you play your D.
But he does it on the F sharp,
so he can do, [G] [E] he likes to go back and forth [D] between, that's just a little Keith thing
[Bb] that he does, but he usually does that one.
[D] So he'll, [G]
and then the, it goes like this.
It's on the high E string mostly, starts with, [Em] [Gm]
[G] so [Bb] it's, [Gm]
[G] those are the notes you're playing,
not with those fingers.
But third fret on the G string with your pinky, first fret with your index finger, [Em] hit that
open [Gm] E.
That's the [G] third fret on the B string.
Back to the E string again.
[Em] And then you do G, [C] sometimes I'm lazy and I don't even do this last little note, but
you go [G] on and off on that hammer off on that G string on the third fret.
[Gm] [G]
And [C] then [G]
this is different from the intro, it goes to [A] the A7.
[Eb] [D] So [A]
when you go up to that A7, and Keith usually almost always plays his A7s like this instead
of, you know, [Em] instead of like that.
[A] Instead of in the, you know, just take your, let that G [B] string re-open, he plays a regular
A and then hits the G at the third fret, that's usually what he does, because [A] he likes to
do that a lot.
[Eb] So [G] that's [C]
[G]
[A] [D] [E] just walking down on the D [Eb] string.
[D] [Gm]
[D] [G]
[C]
[G] [D]
[G]
[D]
[G]
And then right [D]
[G] back in.
[C]
[G]
[A] [Eb]
[D]
[G]
[C]
[G] [D]
[G]
And that's the whole song, that's all the chords and all the parts, and it's just a
question of you sitting down and putting on the song and playing through it and figuring
out what goes when and where.
But those are all the parts, and it's actually pretty simple once you put them all together.
Drop me an email on my channel if
And I was sitting here watching the Sabres beat the Bruins and figured I could do a lesson
while I'm watching.
You can probably see in the reflection of the guitar, there they are, the game going on.
Anyway, here's how it goes.
It's in standard tuning and not surprisingly it's the same chords, although the tuning is different.
It's the same chords as the electric version of Honky Tonk Women, but that one is in open G.
This one's in standard tuning in G.
So really the only chords are G, [C] there's C, [A] there's an A7, [D] and there's a D7.
[G] But that's it.
Those four.
And all of them repeat over and over again.
It's the typical standard classic rock verse, chorus, verse deal.
So here's how it starts.
It starts with, this is kind of the riff of the song.
[C]
[G]
[D] [G]
So that is, you play it in a G and I suppose you could play your G like this, like you normally would.
But in this case I play it like [C] this because it makes going up to the [G] C, I don't know,
it doesn't really matter how you play it because you're not really strumming the entire G chord.
You'll see that in a [E] second.
So [G] I'm going to finger it like this, but do it however you think is right.
But on that A string, the riff is kind of played on the A string [C] mostly.
So you [G] do a, so how does it actually start?
So you're just [Gm] on the second and third fret [Eb] on the A [G] string.
So you go ah,
[Am] [C] and [A] [C]
[A] [Em] [F] [E] [N] then it goes up to C on the D string.
But it starts on the A string with the G, and I'll just do it kind of [G] close.
Your third fret on the E string stays on that G note the whole time.
You're not strumming the whole thing.
You're kind of doing like this.
[Eb] Play the top three or the top four, even you can go all the way up to the B string with
your strumming, it doesn't really matter.
But since I'm using my pinky to do this and I'm not covering that high G string, so I
just kind of keep the strumming to the bass strings basically.
So you do [G] that through the intro.
Then you go up to [B] C and do exactly the [C] same thing.
[Em] Except when you do the C, you do want to cover [C]
the B string for the regular [A] C chord, because
you're going to hit that [C] when you're doing your strum.
Then back to the [G] G again.
[D] D, and hit that F sharp.
You'll notice when Keith does his acoustic work, and he's playing a D like in Love and
Vain, he does the same thing.
He does it in different songs.
But he plays, a lot of times he'll reach over and he'll fret that [Gb] F sharp, just like the
same F sharp you're doing up here when you play your D.
But he does it on the F sharp,
so he can do, [G] [E] he likes to go back and forth [D] between, that's just a little Keith thing
[Bb] that he does, but he usually does that one.
[D] So he'll, [G]
and then the, it goes like this.
It's on the high E string mostly, starts with, [Em] [Gm]
[G] so [Bb] it's, [Gm]
[G] those are the notes you're playing,
not with those fingers.
But third fret on the G string with your pinky, first fret with your index finger, [Em] hit that
open [Gm] E.
That's the [G] third fret on the B string.
Back to the E string again.
[Em] And then you do G, [C] sometimes I'm lazy and I don't even do this last little note, but
you go [G] on and off on that hammer off on that G string on the third fret.
[Gm] [G]
And [C] then [G]
this is different from the intro, it goes to [A] the A7.
[Eb] [D] So [A]
when you go up to that A7, and Keith usually almost always plays his A7s like this instead
of, you know, [Em] instead of like that.
[A] Instead of in the, you know, just take your, let that G [B] string re-open, he plays a regular
A and then hits the G at the third fret, that's usually what he does, because [A] he likes to
do that a lot.
[Eb] So [G] that's [C]
[G]
[A] [D] [E] just walking down on the D [Eb] string.
[D] [Gm]
[D] [G]
[C]
[G] [D]
[G]
[D]
[G]
And then right [D]
[G] back in.
[C]
[G]
[A] [Eb]
[D]
[G]
[C]
[G] [D]
[G]
And that's the whole song, that's all the chords and all the parts, and it's just a
question of you sitting down and putting on the song and playing through it and figuring
out what goes when and where.
But those are all the parts, and it's actually pretty simple once you put them all together.
Drop me an email on my channel if
100% ➙ 118BPM
G
C
D
A
Gm
G
C
D
[G] _ [C] _ Hi, I had a few [G] requests to do a lesson on Country Honk from the Let It Bleed album.
_ And I was sitting here watching the Sabres _ _ beat the Bruins and figured _ I could do a lesson
while I'm watching.
You can probably see in the reflection of the guitar, _ there they are, the game going on.
Anyway, here's how it goes.
It's in standard tuning and not surprisingly it's the same chords, although the tuning is different.
It's the same chords as the electric version of Honky Tonk Women, but that one is in open G.
This one's in standard tuning in G.
So really the only chords are G, [C] there's C, _ [A] there's an A7, _ [D] and there's a _ D7.
_ [G] But that's it.
Those four. _ _
And all of them repeat over and over again.
It's the typical _ standard classic rock _ verse, _ chorus, verse deal.
So here's how it starts. _
It starts with, this is kind of the riff of the song. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So that is, you play it in a G and I suppose you could play your G like this, like you normally would.
But in this case I play it like [C] this because it makes going up to the [G] C, I don't know,
it doesn't really matter how you play it because you're not really strumming the entire G chord.
You'll see that in a [E] second.
So [G] I'm going to finger it like this, but do it however you think is right.
But on that A string, the riff is kind of played on the A string [C] mostly.
So you [G] do a, _ _ _ so how does it actually start? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So you're just [Gm] on the second and third fret [Eb] on the A [G] string.
So you go ah, _ _
_ _ [Am] [C] and [A] _ [C] _ _ _
[A] _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] [N] then it goes up to C on the D string.
But it starts on the A string with the G, and I'll just do it kind of [G] close. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Your third fret on the E string stays on that G note the whole time.
You're not strumming the whole _ thing.
You're kind of doing like this.
_ _ [Eb] Play the top three or the top four, even you can go all the way up to the B string with
your strumming, it doesn't really matter.
But since I'm using my pinky to do this and I'm not covering that high G string, so I
just kind of keep the strumming to the bass strings basically.
So you do [G] that through the intro. _ _ _ _ _ _
Then you go up to [B] C and do exactly the [C] same thing. _ _
[Em] Except when you do the C, you do want to cover [C]
the B string for the regular [A] C chord, because
you're going to hit that [C] when you're doing your strum. _ _ _ _ _ _
Then back to the [G] G again.
_ _ _ [D] D, _ _ _ and hit that F sharp.
You'll notice when Keith does his acoustic work, and he's playing a D like in Love and
Vain, he does the same thing.
He does it in different songs.
But he plays, a lot of times he'll reach over and he'll fret that [Gb] F sharp, just like the
same F sharp you're doing up here when you play your D.
But he does it on the F sharp,
so he can do, [G] _ _ [E] he likes to go back and forth [D] between, that's just a little Keith thing
[Bb] that he does, but he usually does that one.
[D] So he'll, _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
and then the, it goes like this.
It's on the high E string mostly, starts with, _ [Em] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [G] _ so [Bb] it's, _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [G] those are the notes you're playing,
not with those fingers.
But _ third fret on the G string with your pinky, _ _ _ _ _ first fret with your index finger, _ _ _ [Em] _ hit that
open [Gm] E.
_ _ That's the [G] third fret on the B string.
_ _ _ _ Back to the E string again.
_ _ [Em] _ And then you do G, [C] sometimes I'm lazy and I don't even do this last little note, but
you go [G] on and off on that hammer off on that G string on the third fret.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
And _ _ _ [C] _ _ then _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ this is different from the intro, it goes to [A] the A7. _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ [D] So _ [A]
when you go up to that A7, and Keith usually almost always plays his A7s like this instead
of, you know, [Em] instead of like that.
_ _ [A] Instead of in the, you know, just take your, let that G [B] string re-open, he plays a regular
A and then hits the G at the third fret, that's usually what he does, because [A] he likes to
do that _ a lot.
_ [Eb] So _ [G] that's _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] just walking down on the D [Eb] string.
[D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And then right [D] _
_ _ [G] _ back _ _ _ in. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
And that's the whole song, that's all the chords and all the parts, and it's just a
question of _ you sitting down and putting on the song and playing through it and figuring
out what goes when and where.
But those are all the parts, and it's actually pretty simple once you put them all together. _
Drop me an email on my channel if
_ And I was sitting here watching the Sabres _ _ beat the Bruins and figured _ I could do a lesson
while I'm watching.
You can probably see in the reflection of the guitar, _ there they are, the game going on.
Anyway, here's how it goes.
It's in standard tuning and not surprisingly it's the same chords, although the tuning is different.
It's the same chords as the electric version of Honky Tonk Women, but that one is in open G.
This one's in standard tuning in G.
So really the only chords are G, [C] there's C, _ [A] there's an A7, _ [D] and there's a _ D7.
_ [G] But that's it.
Those four. _ _
And all of them repeat over and over again.
It's the typical _ standard classic rock _ verse, _ chorus, verse deal.
So here's how it starts. _
It starts with, this is kind of the riff of the song. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So that is, you play it in a G and I suppose you could play your G like this, like you normally would.
But in this case I play it like [C] this because it makes going up to the [G] C, I don't know,
it doesn't really matter how you play it because you're not really strumming the entire G chord.
You'll see that in a [E] second.
So [G] I'm going to finger it like this, but do it however you think is right.
But on that A string, the riff is kind of played on the A string [C] mostly.
So you [G] do a, _ _ _ so how does it actually start? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So you're just [Gm] on the second and third fret [Eb] on the A [G] string.
So you go ah, _ _
_ _ [Am] [C] and [A] _ [C] _ _ _
[A] _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] [N] then it goes up to C on the D string.
But it starts on the A string with the G, and I'll just do it kind of [G] close. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Your third fret on the E string stays on that G note the whole time.
You're not strumming the whole _ thing.
You're kind of doing like this.
_ _ [Eb] Play the top three or the top four, even you can go all the way up to the B string with
your strumming, it doesn't really matter.
But since I'm using my pinky to do this and I'm not covering that high G string, so I
just kind of keep the strumming to the bass strings basically.
So you do [G] that through the intro. _ _ _ _ _ _
Then you go up to [B] C and do exactly the [C] same thing. _ _
[Em] Except when you do the C, you do want to cover [C]
the B string for the regular [A] C chord, because
you're going to hit that [C] when you're doing your strum. _ _ _ _ _ _
Then back to the [G] G again.
_ _ _ [D] D, _ _ _ and hit that F sharp.
You'll notice when Keith does his acoustic work, and he's playing a D like in Love and
Vain, he does the same thing.
He does it in different songs.
But he plays, a lot of times he'll reach over and he'll fret that [Gb] F sharp, just like the
same F sharp you're doing up here when you play your D.
But he does it on the F sharp,
so he can do, [G] _ _ [E] he likes to go back and forth [D] between, that's just a little Keith thing
[Bb] that he does, but he usually does that one.
[D] So he'll, _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
and then the, it goes like this.
It's on the high E string mostly, starts with, _ [Em] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [G] _ so [Bb] it's, _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [G] those are the notes you're playing,
not with those fingers.
But _ third fret on the G string with your pinky, _ _ _ _ _ first fret with your index finger, _ _ _ [Em] _ hit that
open [Gm] E.
_ _ That's the [G] third fret on the B string.
_ _ _ _ Back to the E string again.
_ _ [Em] _ And then you do G, [C] sometimes I'm lazy and I don't even do this last little note, but
you go [G] on and off on that hammer off on that G string on the third fret.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
And _ _ _ [C] _ _ then _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ this is different from the intro, it goes to [A] the A7. _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ [D] So _ [A]
when you go up to that A7, and Keith usually almost always plays his A7s like this instead
of, you know, [Em] instead of like that.
_ _ [A] Instead of in the, you know, just take your, let that G [B] string re-open, he plays a regular
A and then hits the G at the third fret, that's usually what he does, because [A] he likes to
do that _ a lot.
_ [Eb] So _ [G] that's _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] just walking down on the D [Eb] string.
[D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And then right [D] _
_ _ [G] _ back _ _ _ in. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
And that's the whole song, that's all the chords and all the parts, and it's just a
question of _ you sitting down and putting on the song and playing through it and figuring
out what goes when and where.
But those are all the parts, and it's actually pretty simple once you put them all together. _
Drop me an email on my channel if