Chords for how to play 'Albatross on acoustic guitar

_ [G#] Hi, this is Fleetwood [E] Mac's Albatross on [A] acoustic guitar
With some easy [E] chord shapes.
First of all, I'm starting [G] off with a half G chord
Placing my first finger behind the [E] bottom three strings just behind the third fret and then my middle finger is in front of
The index finger on the third string fourth fret
So I'm getting this _
half G sound.
Notice that the capo is [Em] upside down [Fm] and I've just [E] put it on as far as the
Fifth string which is the A string thus leaving the top string free
So you get this nice droning sound throughout your chord progressions.
So we [B] start off with the open A string
[A] We [E] _ pick it up on the top string _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [F#] _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[F#] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
You'll _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] notice a lot of the time what [E] I'm doing is I'm playing the top string open
_ With this kind of rhythm one and two and three and four _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ I'll [G] start off with the open A string which is the fifth [B] string and that gives us the kind of springboard to start the chord
_ [Em] Transition from third fret
[E] To the second fret.
Notice the [C] second fret is just a D major seventh [Em] chord
Basically one finger barring the bottom three strings
[E] But if you practice that little progression G _
down to the D major 7
_ Also notice that it is a little bit [G#m] earlier on the [E] beat when you go to the second chord, so [A] it's not
[E] _ _ _ _ it's _
_ Practice maybe just playing the top string open
While you do the chord changes it might make more sense
So _ _
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[G#] again, as I said, it starts with the [B] open A string
[E] and _ _ back between frets three and two _ _ _
[A] Now the next bit is [B] an E minor type of [C#m] chord
And [F#] _ _
[E] all the time when you're playing these little [C] note fills
You're trying to get [Gm] back to the top [E] string as soon as you can
To keep that bass string [G] moving and to keep the sound [C] continuous.
[E] So back to the E minor shape for the second [B] section
[C#m] _ Now [F#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [F#] _ [E] you [G] notice I'm doing a lot of hammer-ons there.
[C#m] _ So I'm playing [B] the open A string
Hammering down on the second fret
[Em] So I'm [B] playing it once open and then hammering down
[C#] _ [Em] _
Open fourth string [C#] and then back to the second fret fifth [E] string.
So if you just practice [B] that very slowly
[Em] Play it once open hammer down
[B] _ [C#] _ [E] _
[C#] _ [F#] _ [G#] Now slide [E] to the fourth fret fourth string and back down to the second fret fourth string [F#m] again
Getting [C] that nice E minor sound [Em] there with the open E string in the [F#m] background
[C#] If _ [G#] you try and keep the E minor shape [E] with middle and third fingers in that order
It's [Em] easier to slide up and back and retain your notes [F#] when you return to the E [C] minor chord again.
It's just easier [C#] for changing
I'm _ [B] _ [E] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [E] not using a [G] plectrum by the way.
I'm just using the the back of my index nail
_ So I'm clenching my
Thumb and index finger together as if I'm holding a plectrum because I've lost so many of them over the years
I've given up buying them.
So now I'm holding what I call the [A#] ghost pick, [G#m] which is literally like [F#m] you're holding a [B] pick
[C#m] Now [F#] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Bm] there is [A#] another part of [F#] that riff that goes
[E] _ _
[F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [B] _ [G#m] That's gonna move across the fourth to the third strings from 2 [F#] 4 [G#m] and [C#m] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ then [G] you return to base again
[Em]
[F#] Pick [E] _ _ up the top string
And _ _ _ _ _ then we [C#] slide right up [E] here
Now _ _ [F#m] _ [E] _
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_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
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[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ [Em] _ _ we'll get to that bit later on [E] but just for now keep practicing and alternating your bass strings between a and e
Whilst practicing the first section there between small G and the D major 7 chord.
Have fun with the albatross
I hope it takes off for you and come back again
[G#] And we'll see how we get on if you want me to continue [E] a little bit more of a tutorial on the second section
Up here, please.
Let me know and _ _ _ _ I'll be glad to do so.
[Gm] Alright, have fun with the albatross _