Chords for Darren Watson | FREE BLUES GUITAR LESSON | Delta Blues Fingerstyle Lesson

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Hi there, it's Darren Watson here [E] again with some blues guitar tips. _
Today I'm going to show you a [C] little bit of [F] basic fingerstyle, kind of delta style blues.
This is [E] a piece that I teach pretty much all my students starting [D#] out who have never used fingerstyle before.
[Em] It involves your kind of thumping [E] delta bass [Em] with a [E] lead line over the top of it.
It goes something like this.
So, one, two, three.
_ _ [A] _ [Em] _ [E] _ _
[A] _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ [Em] _ [E] _ _
[A] _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ [Em] _ _ [E] _
[A] _ [E] _ _ [A#] _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _ [A#m] _
[E] _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[G] _ [C#m] _ [F#] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ [E] _ _ [E] _
_ [E] _ _ [A#] _ [B] _ [E] _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _ [A#m] _
[E] _ [B] _ _ OK, [G#] so the real trick of this is, and I guess I'm going to have [Em] to get a little bit closer up, so [F#] excuse [F#m] the manual [F] zooming.
Here we go.
The real trick [Em] to this is all about the right [E] hand, right?
Because we're using our thumb to play, [G] OK, [E] so I'm damping down here, bottom of my palm, and just playing that.
[Em] Mostly you're going to find that the bass note is going to play you obviously the A,
but we're just going to be playing quarter notes [G] with our thumb.
Then the lead part is a really simple little slide from 10 to 12 on the [Bm] B string.
_ _ _ [C] I'm going to slide from [Bm] 8 to 10 on the, so you play the B string first.
Just slide the whole thing even though you're not actually playing them both together. _ _ _ _ _
You can probably do it with one, _ _ [Em] either either.
[E] OK, then we're going down to a kind of [A] a partial A chord here, [D#] the D [F#m] shape.
We're just playing the bottom half of it.
OK, so that's 9 on the E string and 10 on the B string.
[Bm] So, and the timing is, this is a triplet, one [F#m] and a two.
[G] One [F#m] and a two.
And [Em] obviously we're playing the bass with that, so one and [A] a two.
[E] Yeah, one and [A] a two.
_ Next step, [C#] here's the [B] tricky part.
This sounds really easy when you first hear it.
If you haven't done this before, [C#] this can be a little bit trick.
What we're trying to get done [Am] here now is we're going to play the end of a [G#] triplet
down [G] here on 7 and 8.
7 on the E, 8.
A little bend on the A, _
_ [E] almost [Em] gets up to major territory.
_ _ [E]
And then down to an E on the G string.
[Bm] So it's, [F#m] _ [Em] _ _ _
here's the trick.
Listen to the timing of this.
One [F#m] and a [Em] two and a three and a four and [G] a.
One [A] and a [Em] two and a [E] three and a four and a.
One [A] and a [Em] two and a three and a four and a.
One [A] and a [Em] two and a three and a four and [Bm] a.
[A] One and a two [Em] and a three and a four and a. _
_ [A] _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ [Em] Okay?
One [A] and a_
[G#] Now if there's one thing I want you to get out of this,
[C] it's learning to count those [F#] subdivisions in your [Em] head.
You don't have to sing them out loud.
In fact, people are going to think you're nuts if you do.
Even [F#] if we just concentrate, to start [Em] with,
on just getting that little lick going.
[A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ See that?
_ So it's [Bm] not one.
[A] _ _ [Em] _
_ [E] _ That would be kind of [Em] lame.
[A] The cool thing [Em] about the old cats is,
is the [E] syncopation.
[A] [C] Now the faster you go, the more impressive it sounds.
But [Em] also, the less obvious it is.
[Em] _ _ _ [A] _ [Em] [E] Straighten [A] it up.
[Em] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ [Em] _ _ [A] _
[Em] _ _ [E] _ [Em] _ [E] _ And this should allow you, basically, if you can learn this,
you can [A] learn to play pretty much, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] you should be able to play pretty much any [Em] lick
while holding down a root bass note.
Which is the whole point of this kind of Delta [A] stuff.
That kind [Am] of [B] _ [Bm] Robert Johnson thing is all about [Gm] that too, really.
Okay?
So [B] this is kind of your first step into maybe playing [Bm] fingerstyle.
[A] [Em] It's a great little riff.
I don't think we'll carry on learning the rest of it.
I think, you know, we could spend hours here.
And if you want to do that, come and see me.
I teach.
[Bm] It's what [A] I do.
[Em] _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ [E] See, it kind of carries [C] on down there.
It's the [Bm] same idea.
A one [Am] and a [E] two.
So [F] it's all about [Em] playing cross rhythms.
Some things on the [Gm] beat with the bass,
and some things against [E] it, and some things off it.
[B] And just emphasizing that.
[Em] One and a two and a three and a four and a [A] one and a [Em] three and a three [E] and a four and [G] a one [A] and a
[E] [C] Okay?
[Bm] So hopefully that's been helpful to [E] you.
Just the idea of getting this separate from these. _
And not feeling like you always have to finish the phrase on [Em] the beat with the treble part.
Let the bass [D#] finish it.
And [E] from there it leads, you know, from just being able to play_
[G] _
[F#] _ _ [E] It's way [G#] more interesting than just going_
[A#m] _
[Am] _ [E] _ It [F#] gives you other options [G] as opposed to just kind of strumming or just [E] playing everything together.
[N] Anyway, hopefully that's been helpful.
My name is Darren Watson.
In case you haven't seen me before, this is what I do.
I teach fingerstyle blues guitar and also, obviously, electric modern guitar.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _