Chords for Eric Thompson teaches "Shady Grove"
Tempo:
92.9 bpm
Chords used:
D
C
Am
Dm
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I'd like to say a little bit about holding the flat pick.
I'd like you to stick your hand out as if you were about to shake hands,
in a relaxed way.
You want your hand to be relaxed when you're doing this.
So you stick your hand out,
then you set the flat pick on your first finger.
There's a little shelf sitting like that.
Bring your thumb down.
Notice that the pick is only sticking out a little bit.
This will give you a relaxed way to hold the pick.
You don't have to squeeze hard.
You want it to be gently held there
because the tension of your finger will hold it there,
and you won't have to tense up your right hand in order to hold it.
Then the motion that you're going to want to use with your right hand as you're picking
is imagining a hinge here, up and down like this.
If you can imagine that the strings of the guitar are here,
you're going to be moving in the same plane as those strings,
like that, up and down like that.
The next song that I'd like to use as an illustration in the lesson
is a song called Shady Grove, which is a modal tune.
[C]
[Dm] [D] [C]
[Dm] [F] [C]
[D] Wish I [C] was in Baltimore, [D] sitting in a big armchair
One arm [C] round a whiskey jug, the other one around [D] my dear
Shady [C] Grove, my little [D] love, Shady Grove I know
Shady [C] Grove, my little love, bound for [D] Shady Grove
[C] Peaches [Dm] [D] [C]
[D] [C] in the summertime, [D] apples in the fall
If I can't [C] have the girl I love, I won't have [D] none at all
Shady [C] Grove, my little [D] love, Shady Grove I know
Shady [C] Grove, my little love, bound for [D] Shady Grove
[G] [D] [C]
[D] If I [C] had a needle and [D] thread as fine as I could sew
I'd sew that [C] pretty girl to my side, down the [D] road I'd go
Shady [C] Grove, my little [D] love, Shady Grove I say
Shady [C] Grove, my little love, now I'm [D] going away
[G] [Am] [C]
[D]
[Eb] So as I said before, this is a modal tune.
Now what I mean by that is that it is a tune that is not in the major scale
and was originally probably played on a banjo and not harmonized.
And the notes of the scale, it's a five note scale,
and these are the notes that are [Dm] in this tune.
[Am] [F] [D]
And so we're going to harmonize that on the guitar
with a D major chord and a [C] C major chord.
[A]
[N] Just like when we were playing in C,
we can retain part of our chord position as we play [D] the melody.
[C]
[D] When we get to [A] this part, we just bring this finger over,
retaining [Eb] these two fingers of the D chord.
[G]
[D] There's our hammer-on again, [Am] [C]
and here's our hammer-on again here too.
[D] [E] I'm going to break it down in little pieces [Am] now.
The first line is [D]
[Gb] [C]
second [D] line.
Third line [C] comes down on the C chord.
[Am]
[C] There's our hammer-on again.
[D] [Em] Fourth line.
[C] [D] [D]
[Am] [C] [D]
[B] So I'd like to play this through three times slowly for the split screen
so you can play along.
[D] [C]
[D] [Dm] [G] [D]
[C] [D]
[C] [Dm] [D]
[Am] [C] [D]
I'd like you to stick your hand out as if you were about to shake hands,
in a relaxed way.
You want your hand to be relaxed when you're doing this.
So you stick your hand out,
then you set the flat pick on your first finger.
There's a little shelf sitting like that.
Bring your thumb down.
Notice that the pick is only sticking out a little bit.
This will give you a relaxed way to hold the pick.
You don't have to squeeze hard.
You want it to be gently held there
because the tension of your finger will hold it there,
and you won't have to tense up your right hand in order to hold it.
Then the motion that you're going to want to use with your right hand as you're picking
is imagining a hinge here, up and down like this.
If you can imagine that the strings of the guitar are here,
you're going to be moving in the same plane as those strings,
like that, up and down like that.
The next song that I'd like to use as an illustration in the lesson
is a song called Shady Grove, which is a modal tune.
[C]
[Dm] [D] [C]
[Dm] [F] [C]
[D] Wish I [C] was in Baltimore, [D] sitting in a big armchair
One arm [C] round a whiskey jug, the other one around [D] my dear
Shady [C] Grove, my little [D] love, Shady Grove I know
Shady [C] Grove, my little love, bound for [D] Shady Grove
[C] Peaches [Dm] [D] [C]
[D] [C] in the summertime, [D] apples in the fall
If I can't [C] have the girl I love, I won't have [D] none at all
Shady [C] Grove, my little [D] love, Shady Grove I know
Shady [C] Grove, my little love, bound for [D] Shady Grove
[G] [D] [C]
[D] If I [C] had a needle and [D] thread as fine as I could sew
I'd sew that [C] pretty girl to my side, down the [D] road I'd go
Shady [C] Grove, my little [D] love, Shady Grove I say
Shady [C] Grove, my little love, now I'm [D] going away
[G] [Am] [C]
[D]
[Eb] So as I said before, this is a modal tune.
Now what I mean by that is that it is a tune that is not in the major scale
and was originally probably played on a banjo and not harmonized.
And the notes of the scale, it's a five note scale,
and these are the notes that are [Dm] in this tune.
[Am] [F] [D]
And so we're going to harmonize that on the guitar
with a D major chord and a [C] C major chord.
[A]
[N] Just like when we were playing in C,
we can retain part of our chord position as we play [D] the melody.
[C]
[D] When we get to [A] this part, we just bring this finger over,
retaining [Eb] these two fingers of the D chord.
[G]
[D] There's our hammer-on again, [Am] [C]
and here's our hammer-on again here too.
[D] [E] I'm going to break it down in little pieces [Am] now.
The first line is [D]
[Gb] [C]
second [D] line.
Third line [C] comes down on the C chord.
[Am]
[C] There's our hammer-on again.
[D] [Em] Fourth line.
[C] [D] [D]
[Am] [C] [D]
[B] So I'd like to play this through three times slowly for the split screen
so you can play along.
[D] [C]
[D] [Dm] [G] [D]
[C] [D]
[C] [Dm] [D]
[Am] [C] [D]
Key:
D
C
Am
Dm
G
D
C
Am
I'd like to say a little bit about holding the flat pick.
I'd like you to stick your hand out as if you were about to shake hands,
in a relaxed way.
You want your hand to be relaxed when you're doing this.
So you stick your hand out,
then you set the flat pick on your first finger.
There's a little shelf sitting like that.
Bring your thumb down.
Notice that the pick is only sticking out a little bit. _
This will give you a relaxed way to hold the pick.
You don't have to squeeze hard.
You want it to be gently held there
because the tension of your finger will hold it there,
and you won't have to tense up your right hand in order to hold it.
_ Then the motion that you're going to want to use with your right hand as you're picking
is imagining a hinge here, up and down like this.
If you can imagine that the strings of the guitar are here,
you're going to be moving in the same plane as those strings,
_ like that, up and down like that.
_ _ The next song that I'd like to use as an illustration in the lesson
is a song called Shady Grove, which is a modal tune.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ Wish I [C] was in Baltimore, [D] sitting in a big armchair
One arm [C] round a whiskey jug, the other one around [D] my dear
Shady [C] Grove, my little [D] love, Shady Grove I know
Shady [C] Grove, my little love, bound for [D] Shady Grove
_ [C] Peaches _ [Dm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] in the summertime, [D] apples in the fall
If I can't [C] have the girl I love, I won't have [D] none at all
Shady [C] Grove, my little [D] love, Shady Grove I know
Shady [C] Grove, my little love, bound for [D] Shady Grove _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ If I [C] had a needle and [D] thread as fine as I could sew
I'd sew that [C] pretty girl to my side, down the [D] road I'd go
Shady [C] Grove, my little [D] love, Shady Grove I say
Shady [C] Grove, my little love, now I'm [D] going away _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] So as I said before, this is a modal tune.
Now what I mean by that is that it is a tune that is not in the major scale
and was originally probably played on a banjo and not harmonized.
And the notes of the scale, it's a five note scale,
and these are the notes that are [Dm] in this tune.
_ [Am] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [D] _
_ And so we're going to harmonize that on the guitar
with a D major chord and a [C] C major chord.
_ _ [A] _ _
[N] Just like when we were playing in C,
we can retain part of our chord position as we play [D] the melody.
_ _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ When we get to [A] this part, we just bring this finger over,
retaining [Eb] these two fingers of the D chord.
_ [G] _
_ [D] There's our hammer-on again, [Am] _ _ [C] _
_ and here's our hammer-on again here too. _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [E] I'm going to break it down in little pieces [Am] now.
The first line is [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ second [D] line. _ _ _ _
_ _ Third line [C] comes down on the C chord.
[Am] _
_ [C] _ _ There's our hammer-on again. _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] Fourth line. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] So I'd like to play this through three times slowly for the split screen
so you can play along. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
I'd like you to stick your hand out as if you were about to shake hands,
in a relaxed way.
You want your hand to be relaxed when you're doing this.
So you stick your hand out,
then you set the flat pick on your first finger.
There's a little shelf sitting like that.
Bring your thumb down.
Notice that the pick is only sticking out a little bit. _
This will give you a relaxed way to hold the pick.
You don't have to squeeze hard.
You want it to be gently held there
because the tension of your finger will hold it there,
and you won't have to tense up your right hand in order to hold it.
_ Then the motion that you're going to want to use with your right hand as you're picking
is imagining a hinge here, up and down like this.
If you can imagine that the strings of the guitar are here,
you're going to be moving in the same plane as those strings,
_ like that, up and down like that.
_ _ The next song that I'd like to use as an illustration in the lesson
is a song called Shady Grove, which is a modal tune.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ Wish I [C] was in Baltimore, [D] sitting in a big armchair
One arm [C] round a whiskey jug, the other one around [D] my dear
Shady [C] Grove, my little [D] love, Shady Grove I know
Shady [C] Grove, my little love, bound for [D] Shady Grove
_ [C] Peaches _ [Dm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] in the summertime, [D] apples in the fall
If I can't [C] have the girl I love, I won't have [D] none at all
Shady [C] Grove, my little [D] love, Shady Grove I know
Shady [C] Grove, my little love, bound for [D] Shady Grove _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ If I [C] had a needle and [D] thread as fine as I could sew
I'd sew that [C] pretty girl to my side, down the [D] road I'd go
Shady [C] Grove, my little [D] love, Shady Grove I say
Shady [C] Grove, my little love, now I'm [D] going away _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] So as I said before, this is a modal tune.
Now what I mean by that is that it is a tune that is not in the major scale
and was originally probably played on a banjo and not harmonized.
And the notes of the scale, it's a five note scale,
and these are the notes that are [Dm] in this tune.
_ [Am] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [D] _
_ And so we're going to harmonize that on the guitar
with a D major chord and a [C] C major chord.
_ _ [A] _ _
[N] Just like when we were playing in C,
we can retain part of our chord position as we play [D] the melody.
_ _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ When we get to [A] this part, we just bring this finger over,
retaining [Eb] these two fingers of the D chord.
_ [G] _
_ [D] There's our hammer-on again, [Am] _ _ [C] _
_ and here's our hammer-on again here too. _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [E] I'm going to break it down in little pieces [Am] now.
The first line is [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ second [D] line. _ _ _ _
_ _ Third line [C] comes down on the C chord.
[Am] _
_ [C] _ _ There's our hammer-on again. _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] Fourth line. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] So I'd like to play this through three times slowly for the split screen
so you can play along. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _