Chords for Freddie King, Me And My Guitar Lick, 3:08

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_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ Hey Blues fans, this is Anthony from Texas Blues Alley.
It's time for Free Lesson Friday again.
This week we're taking a look at a lick from the song Me and My Guitar by one of my favorites,
Mr.
Freddie King.
_ This is off of the album _ with the blue cover, I think it's called Texas Cannonball, and
I think this lick happens at 3.08.
A couple things you need to know, I believe Freddie used standard tuning, so that's what
I'm using here.
_ The song is in the key of E, _ [E] _ so I'm almost positive he was in standard tuning.
[N] _ And this lick happens right as we're going into the 5-4-1-1 at the end of a 12-bar progression.
_ So, _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ get my treble turned up there.
[Cm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Eb] Alright, so timing-wise, you want to aim for, [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ you want to be hitting that first note on
the E string right as it hits at bar [Em] number 9 on the 5 chord.
So, just a little timing note there.
The way we get into this lick, _ _ you're going to slide along the G string up to the 9th
fret, [A] _ _ _ _
and then you're going to start _ [Cm] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ alternating between the G and the E string, and to get
the right feel, you've got to kind of use [Db] your fingers there.
_ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] You can do it with a pick.
You _ _
_ [Gbm] _ _ can do a pick and a finger.
[Bbm] _
[A] _ _ [Cm] _ [Bm] _ [A] _ You know, if you're quick, you can use just a pick.
I prefer to use [G] my thumb and my index finger.
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[E] You're going to go 9-8-7, going back and forth between the G and E.
_ _ [Ab] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [E] _
[A] _ _ And then you're going to _ drop to 6 on the G string, _ 5 on the E string for the final
one, _ [Eb] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ and then 2 hits on [N] the E string at the end.
[C] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ Okay, _ so that all [B] happens _ _ as the rhythm section is going to the [A] 5 chord. _
_ [Dm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
Now, one quick note there.
_ [Em] _ _ You don't just slide and then go right into that note.
You've got to slide and then [Cm] go [Bm] _ _ into [C] that.
_ _ _ [A] Otherwise, _ [C] your timing will be off.
Now, as the progression drops [B] _ _ [A] to 5 down to 4, we're going to [E] _ _ slide into box 3 here, _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ slide
up to [Em] 6 on G, 5 on B, _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ [A] _ then walk 7-6 [Gm]-5 on E, drop to [C] 3. _ _
[Bb] _ _ [G] _ So we just walked into box 3 [E] along the G string, _ walked along the E string down into box number [C] 2.
_ _ [Bb] _ [G]
Then _ _ _ [E] _ [D] _ _ _
drop 5 [C]-3 on the B string, _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
slide from 4 [G]-2 on the E string, _ _ [E] play it open, _ then down
to 2 on the D string, [G] _ [Ab] _ _ then roll from open to [E] 1 on the G string, _ _ _ _ _ up to the open E [D] string, _ _
_ down to 3 on the [Gm] G [A] string, _ [Bm] _
_ _ then slide 2-4 on [Gm] G, _ let the _ third fret of [B] the B string ring
out, [E] _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ then _
[A] _ _ _ do a reverse rake _ _ as you [B] slide back from 4 [A]-2, _
[G] _ [E] _ _ [A] 4-2 on [G] G, [E] open, _ 2 on D. _ _ _
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[E] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [E] _
And then to finish it, _ [G] _ _
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[G] you're going to roll again from [E] open to 1, G, open [D] E, _ _ 3 on [Em] B, and
then open again. _ _ _ _
[E] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ And that takes you smack right into the end of the 12-bar progression where you're ready
to start soloing again.
_ So we're basically filling the last four [G] bars of that [A] progression. _ _
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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _
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[Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [F] Hopefully you find that useful.
You can throw it into any song that has a _ _ more _ _
_ [N] _ _ rockin' beat.
It might not fit quite as well over a swing beat, but if you find a song with a rockin'
beat, you can throw that in over the last four bars of the progression.
Hope that's useful to you.
Until next time, thanks for watching. _
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