Chords for George Benson plays the blues over rhythm changes

_ _ _ _ _ _ We're back with George Benson and we're talking about improvisation. _
_ During the break we were talking about your infusion of blues into other styles of playing.
And _ it's a trademark of yours.
Everybody expects to hear this.
_ And we were wondering whether this is sort of pre-planned?
You know, four bars of blues, four bars of something else, back to the blues, something else.
Or is this a total _ _ improvisational spontaneous situation?
_ You know, a lot of people ask me that question.
But I'm from another school.
_ Charlie Christian, being a master _ swing artist, _
_ he taught us a great lesson.
How to incorporate _ _ bluesy licks into his music.
And he did it so wonderfully. _
_ _ So I kind of copied that pattern.
I paid attention.
_ _ And I can best demonstrate it by _ _ _ playing a few bars.
Would you help me with that?
Sure. _ _
_ One, two, [Bbm] a one, two, three, four.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [A] _
_ [Fm] _ [Em] _ [Ebm] _ [Bbm] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[E] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ [Dm] _ [A] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ That _ _ was a lot of fun.
[Eb] You know, I just saw these patterns as I started playing.
Let me give you a demonstration.
_ You know, we're playing two fives. _ _ _ _ _ _
When I [Gm] hit it now.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Okay.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
[Eb] _ That fits all of [D] those changes.
_ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ Let's _ [Eb] _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [C] _ dissect that just a little [Bb] bit. _
Over the first two changes, for instance. _ _
_ _ Where would you play your blues? _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
Okay.
[Am] And over the [Cm] two and the five.
[F] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [F] _ _ Okay, let's do this a little bit slower, just maybe a couple times around.
Okay.
_ One, two, [Abm] a one, two, three, four.
_ [G] _ _ [F] _
[D] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Dbm] _ [Ebm] _ [F] Okay.
_ _ You hear that?
[Ab] Yeah, yeah.
What about the bridge?
_ The bridge?
[C] Play it.
One, two, three, [Bb] four. _ _ _
_ [F] _ [E] _ _ [Gm] _ [Bm] _ _ _
[Gm] _ [Gb] _ [B] Finish _ [E] _ _ _
[Gb] _ [Cm] _ _ [E] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [B] _ it up.
[Bb] _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ [Cm] [Bbm] Yeah, _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [A] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
okay.
Hello, people.
I get it.
_ Are you out there?
_ Okay.
Well, once again, we have more than enough practice here.
Thanks, George, for being so upfront with us about what you're doing.
It's a lot of fun, I can tell you that.
Thank you, George.
_ _ We'll see you in the next lesson.
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