Chords for Don’t Know Why by Norah Jones – Totally Guitars Lesson Preview

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_ _ [Gb] _ Hey everybody, Max Rich [Eb] here, and that is the beginning of a Nora Jones [Bb] song called Don't Know Why.
This [G] song is a really unique one and an awesome piece on acoustic guitar.
And there's a couple reasons for that.
[F] One, we use a capo,
but we're not using our capo in like the traditional sense where [E] we would play
open chord shapes, you know C, G, all [Eb] those chord shapes higher up the [Gb] neck like_ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ [Db] _ [Bb] We're not doing that, right?
We're playing sort of unusual chord shapes [C] mixed with finger picking,
so you're kind [Eb] of blending
open chords or
open [E] notes, I should say, with chords higher up on the neck.
For example, the [Bb] first one
we're using an [Eb] open note and
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ three closed notes, [Gm] but way higher up on the neck of the guitar.
[F] And that allows for like a really sort of
unique approach to playing.
And you [Bb] combine that with the finger [Gb] picking element and the descending line,
and [G] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[D] _ it gives [C] you some really, really cool elements.
[Gb] Now this arrangement
we're doing is sort of like the original [D] arrangement that you'll find on the album.
There's a bunch of different ways of playing it without a capo, with a capo on another fret,
[Gb] but we're doing the original version.
[F] And so in today's lesson
we're going to talk about the main couple of parts of the song.
This, which is sort of like the verse and
_ the chorus, which happens later, which is similar, but not exactly the same.
[C] It doesn't have maybe
quite so many nuanced harmonic elements.
[Eb] But in any case,
what you'll need [D] is just a standard guitar, and you'll need some finger picking abilities,
and you'll need a capo on the [Bb] sixth fret.
And other than that,