Chords for Doobie Brothers, Long Train Runnin' Guitar Lesson
Tempo:
103.6 bpm
Chords used:
F
D
Dm
Bb
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Cm]
[Gm]
[Eb]
[D]
[Bb] [Dm] [N]
Long train running.
This is one of Tom Johnston's most recognizable, although he has a lot of them, opening guitar riffs.
Really fun to play.
A good workout for both hands.
The right hand has got a lot of movement to do and it's moving pretty fast.
And the left hand, you have to be able to hammer on some notes and pull them off into [Ab] a bar.
So this is not easy.
We might look at this in a couple of different keys and a few different ways of doing it,
but he does it in the key of, this is of course on the Doobie Brothers album, The Captain
and Me [Db] from 1973, I believe.
And it's a very short, it's basically a 12 bar blues progression.
There's not, it pretty much follows that type of form, in the key of G minor.
[F] Now what we have to do, we've got a couple of pages here that can help you out.
One is just the chart that has the chords and the words.
That's the least important one.
But the most important one is the one that shows you how to do this riff.
Now in the chart I'm calling it G minor and C minor.
We're really going to be playing a G minor 7 and a C minor 7.
But that's, again, because the chart just has kind of the skeleton of what's going on.
[N] So take a look at the chart first.
Let me get mine out here.
And let's just talk about the chord progression because what we have is four measures of G
minor as an intro.
And the G minor that I'm using is at the 10th fret, barred out of the A minor shapes,
actually A minor 7.
[G] So what we're going to be doing is putting a bar at the 10th [F] and starting with just the [C] bar open.
The first strum is just going to be across the open, well, all notes at the 10th.
Then [Gb] you're going to hammer on your second finger on the second string at the 11th fret
and your third finger on the fourth string at the [F] 12th fret.
So this move is going to sound like [Am] this.
[Bb] And later on, you're going to do that same thing and pull it off.
[Dm] [D] Both of those moves are difficult [F] because every time you want it, when you hammer them
on, the bar is going to want to flinch.
And when you pull them off, the bar is going to want to flinch.
Now, what I mean by that is it's going to want to move and it's going to be hard to
make sure that the [N] notes that are still in the bar keep sounding good.
So a great way to practice this first before you even worry about how the riff goes [G] is
try it someplace a little bit lower on the neck, maybe the 5th fret, and just practice
strumming the bar across the [D] 5th and then hammering on your second and third fingers
on the second and fourth strings.
[Dm]
[Gm]
[Eb]
[D]
[Bb] [Dm] [N]
Long train running.
This is one of Tom Johnston's most recognizable, although he has a lot of them, opening guitar riffs.
Really fun to play.
A good workout for both hands.
The right hand has got a lot of movement to do and it's moving pretty fast.
And the left hand, you have to be able to hammer on some notes and pull them off into [Ab] a bar.
So this is not easy.
We might look at this in a couple of different keys and a few different ways of doing it,
but he does it in the key of, this is of course on the Doobie Brothers album, The Captain
and Me [Db] from 1973, I believe.
And it's a very short, it's basically a 12 bar blues progression.
There's not, it pretty much follows that type of form, in the key of G minor.
[F] Now what we have to do, we've got a couple of pages here that can help you out.
One is just the chart that has the chords and the words.
That's the least important one.
But the most important one is the one that shows you how to do this riff.
Now in the chart I'm calling it G minor and C minor.
We're really going to be playing a G minor 7 and a C minor 7.
But that's, again, because the chart just has kind of the skeleton of what's going on.
[N] So take a look at the chart first.
Let me get mine out here.
And let's just talk about the chord progression because what we have is four measures of G
minor as an intro.
And the G minor that I'm using is at the 10th fret, barred out of the A minor shapes,
actually A minor 7.
[G] So what we're going to be doing is putting a bar at the 10th [F] and starting with just the [C] bar open.
The first strum is just going to be across the open, well, all notes at the 10th.
Then [Gb] you're going to hammer on your second finger on the second string at the 11th fret
and your third finger on the fourth string at the [F] 12th fret.
So this move is going to sound like [Am] this.
[Bb] And later on, you're going to do that same thing and pull it off.
[Dm] [D] Both of those moves are difficult [F] because every time you want it, when you hammer them
on, the bar is going to want to flinch.
And when you pull them off, the bar is going to want to flinch.
Now, what I mean by that is it's going to want to move and it's going to be hard to
make sure that the [N] notes that are still in the bar keep sounding good.
So a great way to practice this first before you even worry about how the riff goes [G] is
try it someplace a little bit lower on the neck, maybe the 5th fret, and just practice
strumming the bar across the [D] 5th and then hammering on your second and third fingers
on the second and fourth strings.
[Dm]
Key:
F
D
Dm
Bb
G
F
D
Dm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [N] _
Long train running.
This is one of Tom Johnston's most recognizable, although he has a lot of them, opening guitar riffs.
Really fun to play.
A good workout for both hands.
The right hand has got a lot of movement to do and it's moving pretty fast.
And the left hand, you have to be able to hammer on some notes and pull them off into [Ab] a bar.
So this is not easy.
We might look at this in a couple of different keys and a few different ways of doing it,
but he does it in the key of, this is of course on the Doobie Brothers album, The Captain
and Me [Db] from 1973, I believe. _
_ _ And it's a very short, it's basically a 12 bar blues progression.
There's not, it pretty much follows that type of form, in the key of G minor.
[F] Now what we have to do, we've got a couple of pages here that can help you out.
One is just the chart that has the chords and the words.
That's the least important one.
But the most important one is the one that shows you how to do this riff.
Now in the chart I'm calling it G minor and C minor.
We're really going to be playing a G minor 7 and a C minor 7.
But that's, again, because the chart just has kind of the skeleton of what's going on.
[N] So take a look at the chart first.
Let me get mine out here.
And let's just talk about the chord progression because what we have is four measures of G
minor as an intro.
And the G minor that I'm using is at the 10th fret, barred out of the A minor shapes,
actually A minor 7.
[G] So what we're going to be doing is putting a bar at the 10th [F] _ and starting with just the [C] bar open.
The first strum is just going to be across the open, well, all notes at the 10th.
Then [Gb] you're going to hammer on your second finger on the second string at the 11th fret
and your third finger on the fourth string at the [F] 12th fret.
So this move is going to sound like [Am] this.
_ [Bb] And later on, you're going to do that same thing and pull it off.
_ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ Both of those moves are difficult [F] because every time you want it, when you hammer them
on, the bar is going to want to flinch.
And when you pull them off, the bar is going to want to flinch.
Now, what I mean by that is it's going to want to move and it's going to be hard to
make sure that the [N] notes that are still in the bar keep sounding good.
So a great way to practice this first before you even worry about how the riff goes [G] is
try it someplace a little bit lower on the neck, maybe the 5th fret, and just practice
strumming the bar across the [D] 5th _ and then hammering on your second and third fingers
on the second and fourth strings.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [N] _
Long train running.
This is one of Tom Johnston's most recognizable, although he has a lot of them, opening guitar riffs.
Really fun to play.
A good workout for both hands.
The right hand has got a lot of movement to do and it's moving pretty fast.
And the left hand, you have to be able to hammer on some notes and pull them off into [Ab] a bar.
So this is not easy.
We might look at this in a couple of different keys and a few different ways of doing it,
but he does it in the key of, this is of course on the Doobie Brothers album, The Captain
and Me [Db] from 1973, I believe. _
_ _ And it's a very short, it's basically a 12 bar blues progression.
There's not, it pretty much follows that type of form, in the key of G minor.
[F] Now what we have to do, we've got a couple of pages here that can help you out.
One is just the chart that has the chords and the words.
That's the least important one.
But the most important one is the one that shows you how to do this riff.
Now in the chart I'm calling it G minor and C minor.
We're really going to be playing a G minor 7 and a C minor 7.
But that's, again, because the chart just has kind of the skeleton of what's going on.
[N] So take a look at the chart first.
Let me get mine out here.
And let's just talk about the chord progression because what we have is four measures of G
minor as an intro.
And the G minor that I'm using is at the 10th fret, barred out of the A minor shapes,
actually A minor 7.
[G] So what we're going to be doing is putting a bar at the 10th [F] _ and starting with just the [C] bar open.
The first strum is just going to be across the open, well, all notes at the 10th.
Then [Gb] you're going to hammer on your second finger on the second string at the 11th fret
and your third finger on the fourth string at the [F] 12th fret.
So this move is going to sound like [Am] this.
_ [Bb] And later on, you're going to do that same thing and pull it off.
_ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ Both of those moves are difficult [F] because every time you want it, when you hammer them
on, the bar is going to want to flinch.
And when you pull them off, the bar is going to want to flinch.
Now, what I mean by that is it's going to want to move and it's going to be hard to
make sure that the [N] notes that are still in the bar keep sounding good.
So a great way to practice this first before you even worry about how the riff goes [G] is
try it someplace a little bit lower on the neck, maybe the 5th fret, and just practice
strumming the bar across the [D] 5th _ and then hammering on your second and third fingers
on the second and fourth strings.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _