Chords for Guitar Lesson: Steve Miller Band - Serenade from the Stars, M-Clan - Llamando a la Tierra

[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ [Eb] I'm Kevin and today we are going to play a song [F] called Serenade from the Stars by the
great Steve Miller and his band.
This song also got a famous cover from the Spanish band M-Clan who translate the name
to Llamando a la Tierra.
But for both languages the guitar remains the same and speaks for quantities of love.
_ _ _ _ _ So chords for this [Em] song are A minor, [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] F, [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ F G, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ you can play it regular G or in the third
fret _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and a D minor.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
Now, the [Db] song consists in just one thing and this is the [N] strumming pattern.
The strumming pattern is what makes this song.
So now I'm going to play two patterns, one easier and one not that easier.
So I will play an A [Am] minor _ all the time to show [B] you [A] the strumming pattern.
So the strumming pattern goes like [Am] this.
_ _ _ [G] _
What I'm doing here, I play _ [Am] _
down, _ _ up and slap [N] the guitar with this part of the hand. _ _
_ _ Then I play _
[Am] up again, _ down and finish with an up _ and [G]
slapping the guitar.
So this [Am] is down, up, [Gm] slap, _ _ [Am] up, down, up, [G] slap.
Let's play it slowly.
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ Normal speed will [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ be_
_ _ _ Okay, [A] now that we know the pattern, let's [N] get to the intro and verse that have exactly
the same chords and rhythm.
_ So the chords are A [Am] minor, _ _ [G] F, [F] _ _ _ [G]
G _ _ and [A] A minor [Am] again.
_ _ _ And we play the pattern once for each chord. _ _ _
But [F] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ we can add an up strumming at [Ab] the beginning of each chord.
So [Am] it will _ be_
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
The chorus have different chords but the strumming pattern remains the same.
It goes like this.
_ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ Let's play it again.
[A] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] Well _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] if you already have the strumming [G] pattern and find it easy to play, you can improve
it like [Am] this.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] So how I'm changing the pattern here?
It starts like the first [Am] way.
Down, up [G] and slapping the guitar.
_ And then instead of going [Am] up and down, _ I play up, down, up, down.
_ _ It's just [G] that.
Not a big deal but makes the guitar sound way better.
So _ instead [Am] of playing _ _ _ [N] _ [Am] gently, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ that's it.
Let's see how this [Eb] sounds with the [G] verse.
[A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _