Chords for Eric Clapton talks about Chuck Berry
Tempo:
136.85 bpm
Chords used:
A
B
Am
Abm
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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There's a whole mixture of things.
and country, jazz.
beautiful [A] hybrid.
his part that he's a great songwriter.
Not entirely.
only just met him and it's hard to say from just knowing him this short a time
really what his kind of acceptance of the whole thing is.
First of all I thought I'd heard stories that he was very bitter
and country, jazz.
beautiful [A] hybrid.
his part that he's a great songwriter.
Not entirely.
only just met him and it's hard to say from just knowing him this short a time
really what his kind of acceptance of the whole thing is.
First of all I thought I'd heard stories that he was very bitter
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A
B
Am
Abm
Eb
A
B
Am
There's a whole mixture of things.
I hear Latin and country, jazz.
The whole thing makes a beautiful [A] hybrid.
But it seems like there's not an understanding on his part that he's a great songwriter.
He just kind of [Abm] sloughs it off.
_ Not entirely.
I'm not too sure.
I've only just met him and it's hard to say from _ _ _ just knowing him this short a time
really what his kind of acceptance of the whole thing is.
First of all I thought I'd heard stories that he was very bitter
and he thought people had ripped him off.
And in order to think that you must be aware of how far _ your influence has spread.
_ _ I don't really know if he's completely aware of how much people love his music.
[Gb] _ Because I know [Abm] _
he's often very keen to be a showman.
And that can be a sign of the fact that you're not very secure with what you really are good at.
_ _ I like to hear him play those ballads and things like that.
I know that's deep in [Bb] his heart.
_ [A] If he was doing that on stage then I kind of feel that he was more, _ _ that he was really aware of how much people do love him.
_ [N] If you were going to play rock and roll or any upbeat number and you wanted [C] to take a guitar ride you would end up playing like Chuck
or what you learnt from Chuck.
Because there is very little _ _ _ actually other choice.
_ There's not a lot of other ways to play rock and roll other than the way Chuck plays it. _ _ _ _
[B] If you try to play, you know all this stuff, I was doing the double string stuff.
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Db] _ [B] _
It's really full, you know.
And if you _ give me a break in a fast, you know, [A] _ and I start [Eb] playing single lines it doesn't sound right.
It just doesn't sound right.
It sounds thin or something or too _ fiddly.
Well, you know, like to [A] go_ _
It _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ would be okay but it wouldn't be as good [Am] as_
_ [Bm] _ [Am] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ Really, for me anyway.
So he's really laid the law down for playing that _ [N] kind of
I hear Latin and country, jazz.
The whole thing makes a beautiful [A] hybrid.
But it seems like there's not an understanding on his part that he's a great songwriter.
He just kind of [Abm] sloughs it off.
_ Not entirely.
I'm not too sure.
I've only just met him and it's hard to say from _ _ _ just knowing him this short a time
really what his kind of acceptance of the whole thing is.
First of all I thought I'd heard stories that he was very bitter
and he thought people had ripped him off.
And in order to think that you must be aware of how far _ your influence has spread.
_ _ I don't really know if he's completely aware of how much people love his music.
[Gb] _ Because I know [Abm] _
he's often very keen to be a showman.
And that can be a sign of the fact that you're not very secure with what you really are good at.
_ _ I like to hear him play those ballads and things like that.
I know that's deep in [Bb] his heart.
_ [A] If he was doing that on stage then I kind of feel that he was more, _ _ that he was really aware of how much people do love him.
_ [N] If you were going to play rock and roll or any upbeat number and you wanted [C] to take a guitar ride you would end up playing like Chuck
or what you learnt from Chuck.
Because there is very little _ _ _ actually other choice.
_ There's not a lot of other ways to play rock and roll other than the way Chuck plays it. _ _ _ _
[B] If you try to play, you know all this stuff, I was doing the double string stuff.
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Db] _ [B] _
It's really full, you know.
And if you _ give me a break in a fast, you know, [A] _ and I start [Eb] playing single lines it doesn't sound right.
It just doesn't sound right.
It sounds thin or something or too _ fiddly.
Well, you know, like to [A] go_ _
It _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ would be okay but it wouldn't be as good [Am] as_
_ [Bm] _ [Am] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ Really, for me anyway.
So he's really laid the law down for playing that _ [N] kind of
