Chords for Fortunate Son: Tab & Chords Guitar Lesson
Tempo:
66.25 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
F
D
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em] [E]
Hey, how's it [G] going?
Colin Daniel here from riffninja.com. I'm going to teach you another cool song.
This is Fortunate Son from CCR.
The writer is Fogarty, of course.
One of my favorites.
John Fogarty is an awesome guitar player.
He's a man of few notes and much power.
He's got some of the most unique and classic riffs in our classic rock and roll history.
And Fortunate Son is definitely a song that is in that category.
It's in the key of G.
The rhythm guitar starts with just a straight chug on the G.
You could even get away with playing a fifth.
A [Bm] lot's going on.
[B] The lead guitar, now there could be some disagreement here.
Because you could play this in a couple different places.
But I've chosen my intervals [Em] here.
This is for the G.
[F]
This is for the [Em] F.
This is for the E.
[Bb]
This is for the D.
[G] Two single notes.
B [G] flat and G.
This is a G major third interval.
[F] This is a F major third interval.
[Em] E minor third interval.
[Bb] D minor third interval.
And then two single notes.
B flat [G] and G.
While that's happening, the rhythm guitar is going
Now what happens after [Bb] that?
[B] Two [G] things.
It starts with a G chord for the verse.
[F]
[C] [G] Chords are G, [F] F, [C] C, [G] back to G.
Each one is one bar.
Like G, [F]
F is one bar.
[G] [C] [G] C is one bar back to the G.
So it's a four bar phrase with [F] G, [C] F, [G] C and G.
One bar each.
And that's what the verse is.
The chorus starts on a G.
[D] It goes to D, [C]
C [G] and G.
G, [D] D, [C]
C, [G] G.
Then it goes back to the verse again.
G, [F] F, [C]
C, [G] G.
[F] [C]
[G] [D] [C]
[G] [D] [C]
[G] That's pretty much all of the song.
There's a little lead break in the middle.
The rhythm guitar just chugs on the G.
[Dm] And the lead guitar is [E] going
[Dm] Whoops!
[E] [Am] [G] But I [E] don't have the time to go through the detail of those intervals.
But if you're going to play through the [G] rhythm part, it's just a chug on the G.
And then it goes back again, of course, to a verse.
[F] [C] Which is two phrases of the G, F, [G] C.
One more, and then we go to the [F] chorus.
[C]
[G] Now the chorus.
[D] [C]
[G] One more time.
[D]
[C] [G] That's a verse and chorus to Fortunate Son.
That's pretty much it.
Cool song.
Hope you enjoyed it.
I'll see you soon on riffninja.com.
This is Colin Daniels,
Hey, how's it [G] going?
Colin Daniel here from riffninja.com. I'm going to teach you another cool song.
This is Fortunate Son from CCR.
The writer is Fogarty, of course.
One of my favorites.
John Fogarty is an awesome guitar player.
He's a man of few notes and much power.
He's got some of the most unique and classic riffs in our classic rock and roll history.
And Fortunate Son is definitely a song that is in that category.
It's in the key of G.
The rhythm guitar starts with just a straight chug on the G.
You could even get away with playing a fifth.
A [Bm] lot's going on.
[B] The lead guitar, now there could be some disagreement here.
Because you could play this in a couple different places.
But I've chosen my intervals [Em] here.
This is for the G.
[F]
This is for the [Em] F.
This is for the E.
[Bb]
This is for the D.
[G] Two single notes.
B [G] flat and G.
This is a G major third interval.
[F] This is a F major third interval.
[Em] E minor third interval.
[Bb] D minor third interval.
And then two single notes.
B flat [G] and G.
While that's happening, the rhythm guitar is going
Now what happens after [Bb] that?
[B] Two [G] things.
It starts with a G chord for the verse.
[F]
[C] [G] Chords are G, [F] F, [C] C, [G] back to G.
Each one is one bar.
Like G, [F]
F is one bar.
[G] [C] [G] C is one bar back to the G.
So it's a four bar phrase with [F] G, [C] F, [G] C and G.
One bar each.
And that's what the verse is.
The chorus starts on a G.
[D] It goes to D, [C]
C [G] and G.
G, [D] D, [C]
C, [G] G.
Then it goes back to the verse again.
G, [F] F, [C]
C, [G] G.
[F] [C]
[G] [D] [C]
[G] [D] [C]
[G] That's pretty much all of the song.
There's a little lead break in the middle.
The rhythm guitar just chugs on the G.
[Dm] And the lead guitar is [E] going
[Dm] Whoops!
[E] [Am] [G] But I [E] don't have the time to go through the detail of those intervals.
But if you're going to play through the [G] rhythm part, it's just a chug on the G.
And then it goes back again, of course, to a verse.
[F] [C] Which is two phrases of the G, F, [G] C.
One more, and then we go to the [F] chorus.
[C]
[G] Now the chorus.
[D] [C]
[G] One more time.
[D]
[C] [G] That's a verse and chorus to Fortunate Son.
That's pretty much it.
Cool song.
Hope you enjoyed it.
I'll see you soon on riffninja.com.
This is Colin Daniels,
Key:
G
C
F
D
Em
G
C
F
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
Hey, how's it [G] going?
Colin Daniel here from riffninja.com. I'm going to teach you another cool song.
This is Fortunate Son from CCR.
The writer is Fogarty, of course.
One of my favorites.
John Fogarty is an awesome guitar player.
He's a man of few notes and much power.
_ He's got some of the most unique and classic riffs in our classic rock and roll history.
And Fortunate Son is definitely a song that is in that category.
_ _ It's in the key of G.
The rhythm guitar starts with just a straight chug on the G.
You could even get away with playing a fifth.
_ _ _ _ _ A [Bm] lot's going on.
[B] The lead guitar, now there could be some disagreement here.
Because you could play this in a couple different places.
But I've chosen my intervals [Em] here.
_ This is for the G.
[F]
This is for the [Em] F.
This is for the E.
_ [Bb]
This is for the D.
_ [G] Two single notes.
B [G] flat and G.
This is a G major third interval.
[F] _ This is a F major third interval.
[Em] E minor third interval.
[Bb] _ D minor third interval.
And then two single notes.
B flat [G] and G.
While that's happening, the rhythm guitar is going_ _
_ _ _ _ Now what happens after [Bb] that?
[B] Two [G] things.
It starts with a G chord for the verse.
_ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ Chords are G, [F] F, _ [C] C, [G] back to G.
Each one is one bar.
Like G, [F]
F is one bar.
[G] _ [C] [G] C is one bar back to the G.
_ So it's a four bar phrase with [F] G, [C] F, [G] C and G.
One bar each.
And that's what the verse is.
The chorus starts on a G.
[D] It goes to D, [C]
C [G] and G.
G, [D] D, [C]
C, [G] G.
Then it goes back to the verse again.
G, [F] F, [C]
C, [G] G.
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ That's pretty much all of the song.
There's a little lead break in the middle.
The rhythm guitar just chugs on the G.
[Dm] And the lead guitar is [E] going_
[Dm] Whoops!
_ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] But I [E] don't have the time to go through the detail of those intervals.
But if you're going to play through the [G] rhythm part, it's just a chug on the G.
And then it goes back again, of course, to a verse.
_ [F] _ [C] Which is two phrases of the G, F, [G] C.
One more, and then we go to the [F] chorus.
_ [C] _
_ [G] _ Now the chorus.
_ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] One more time.
_ [D] _ _ _
[C] _ [G] _ _ That's a verse and chorus to Fortunate Son.
That's pretty much it.
Cool song.
Hope you enjoyed it.
I'll see you soon on riffninja.com.
This is Colin Daniels,
Hey, how's it [G] going?
Colin Daniel here from riffninja.com. I'm going to teach you another cool song.
This is Fortunate Son from CCR.
The writer is Fogarty, of course.
One of my favorites.
John Fogarty is an awesome guitar player.
He's a man of few notes and much power.
_ He's got some of the most unique and classic riffs in our classic rock and roll history.
And Fortunate Son is definitely a song that is in that category.
_ _ It's in the key of G.
The rhythm guitar starts with just a straight chug on the G.
You could even get away with playing a fifth.
_ _ _ _ _ A [Bm] lot's going on.
[B] The lead guitar, now there could be some disagreement here.
Because you could play this in a couple different places.
But I've chosen my intervals [Em] here.
_ This is for the G.
[F]
This is for the [Em] F.
This is for the E.
_ [Bb]
This is for the D.
_ [G] Two single notes.
B [G] flat and G.
This is a G major third interval.
[F] _ This is a F major third interval.
[Em] E minor third interval.
[Bb] _ D minor third interval.
And then two single notes.
B flat [G] and G.
While that's happening, the rhythm guitar is going_ _
_ _ _ _ Now what happens after [Bb] that?
[B] Two [G] things.
It starts with a G chord for the verse.
_ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ Chords are G, [F] F, _ [C] C, [G] back to G.
Each one is one bar.
Like G, [F]
F is one bar.
[G] _ [C] [G] C is one bar back to the G.
_ So it's a four bar phrase with [F] G, [C] F, [G] C and G.
One bar each.
And that's what the verse is.
The chorus starts on a G.
[D] It goes to D, [C]
C [G] and G.
G, [D] D, [C]
C, [G] G.
Then it goes back to the verse again.
G, [F] F, [C]
C, [G] G.
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ That's pretty much all of the song.
There's a little lead break in the middle.
The rhythm guitar just chugs on the G.
[Dm] And the lead guitar is [E] going_
[Dm] Whoops!
_ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] But I [E] don't have the time to go through the detail of those intervals.
But if you're going to play through the [G] rhythm part, it's just a chug on the G.
And then it goes back again, of course, to a verse.
_ [F] _ [C] Which is two phrases of the G, F, [G] C.
One more, and then we go to the [F] chorus.
_ [C] _
_ [G] _ Now the chorus.
_ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] One more time.
_ [D] _ _ _
[C] _ [G] _ _ That's a verse and chorus to Fortunate Son.
That's pretty much it.
Cool song.
Hope you enjoyed it.
I'll see you soon on riffninja.com.
This is Colin Daniels,