Chords for Guitar Boogie (Arthur Smith) - Guitar Lesson w/tabs

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[N] Hello, Hola, Bonjour, Priviet!
My name is Damian Bacci and welcome to my back room
here in sunny Tampa Bay, Florida.
Today I'm going to show you the basic structure
of Arthur Smith's guitar boogie, just like how he played it back when he
recorded it in 1945.
Now Arthur Smith's guitar boogie is an up-tempo 12-bar
blues [C#] instrumental in the key of E.
And the song only has three [E] chords.
It's [A] E, [B] A7,
and B7.
And in this video today I'm going to teach you the first two choruses of
the song, which is basically [N] the main theme of the tune.
And if you'd like to
learn the first solo in the song, I do have a YouTube guitar lesson on that.
I'm
gonna leave the link in the description down below.
Now in this lesson today I'm
basically teaching you some up-tempo, old-fashioned boogie-woogie blues riffs.
And what Arthur Smith was going for in this song was just basically emulating
the style of boogie-woogie piano players and songs that he heard from big bands
of that era.
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Okay, so let's learn these boogie patterns, the guitar boogie.
What I'm
gonna do is play it slowly up close with on-screen tabs.
So let's get into it. _ _ _
Okay, so when the song starts we play this E5 [E] chord. _ _
_ _ _ Alright.
Alright, so when
[A] the progression starts we play this over [Em] the I chord in E.
_ [C#m] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ [C#] Alright, let me
show you that slowly.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ And then when the progression moves to the IV chord,
we play this for two bars in [A] A.
[F#] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [D#] _ And then we're back to the I chord and we
play [E] this again for two bars.
_ [C#m] _ _
[B] _ Alright, then we go to the B7 for two measures
and we play this.
[D] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ [G] And then we're back over the I chord in E [G#] and we play
this for two bars.
_ [C#m] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ Alright, and now we're ready to learn the second chorus.
It's a
little bit of a different melody.
And over E he plays this for four [E] bars. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] Alright, let me play it for [E] you slowly. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And then we move to the IV chord.
We're
playing over A and he plays this for two [A] bars. _ _ _
_ Alright, I'll play it for you
slowly. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ And then we move back to the I chord and for two bars we [E] play this
again in E. _ _ _ _
And then we move to the V chord, the B7, and we play [B] this for
two bars.
_ _ _ [A] I'm gonna play it for you [B] slowly. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
And then it's back to E, the [F] I chord again,
and we're just playing this [E] for two bars. _
_ _ _ Now if you'd like, you can choose
to play this up here.
_ _ _ _ You may find that it's [A] easier.
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ [B] It's up to you.
[N] _ But either way
you play it will work.
It's all about which one you're comfortable using.
Well friends, that's gonna do it for today's guitar lesson.
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hanging out with me today.
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This will keep you up to date on all my newest guitar lessons.
And again [D#] friends, if you're hungry for some more and you'd like to expand your
knowledge [N] on rockabilly and on junk blues, I have some great full-length
courses that are available at my website.
[F#] And now friends, before I go, I'd like to
leave you with some inspiring words.
Life shouldn't [F#m] be taken too seriously.
Be [F] sure
to take chances, [N] smile a little more, and laugh a lot.
Laughter not only adds years
to your life, but it also adds more life to your years.
But seriously friends,
enjoy life while you can, while you still can.
And remember to stop living life like
you get a second chance.
And with that friends, I'm gonna say goodbye to you.
Much love to you all out there.
Stay safe and I'll see you in another video real
soon.
Take care.
Bye bye. _ _ _ _ _ _ _