Chords for How To Play Blueberry Hill (intro only)
Tempo:
116 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
Gbm
D
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
For Lubri Hill we're capoed at the second fret and we're going to play chord shapes in the key of A
but we're going to play mostly out of a boogie pattern so we won't be making full chord shapes for this song.
Let's get into the intro first of all, bars 1 to 5 of the tab.
[B] [E] [Abm]
[G] [E] [Abm] [Gbm] [D] [B]
[Bm] [Abm] Aval ma.
[Bbm] [Gbm] [N] So when we play an A chord in this song we want to play a bar of the top four strings at the second fret.
In actual fact you really only need the fourth string so if you like just hold down the fourth string second fret
but if you do that be very careful not to get strings 3, 2 or 1.
Out of that shape we're going to start at bar 1 by [B] playing the fifth string twice.
[Eb] After the first one stop it and then let the second [B] one ring.
Now you want, still keeping the bar down, the fifth string fourth fret to open to fourth fret.
[Abm]
[Gb] Then the fourth string second fret, fifth string [Eb] four, [Gb] fourth string two.
[B] Now there's nothing on the first beat of this bar and the last two beats are triplets so we're counting this.
One and two and three and four and a.
Add into the D chord that comes next at [E] bar 2.
[G] [B]
Well we're now playing a three string [Ab] bar, top three strings at the second fret or [G] again if you prefer just the third string [E] second fret.
Four.
And then a sort of percussive [N] sound.
You can either get the percussive sound by musing the strings with the karate chop part of your hand and letting the pick hit the strings
[E] or just stop that note from ringing.
It's counting one, two so as a [Eb] minimum stop that ringing on the two beat.
Then you want the fourth string [Ab] fourth fret, third string [B] second fret twice.
[Bm] Now fourth string third fret, [Ebm] hammer to fourth fret.
I'm using middle and ring fingers here whilst the index finger stays [G] down.
[Abm] And those two fingers come away as you play the [E] third string [B] second fret.
[E]
One, two [Ab] [B] and three [G] and four [Bm] and a.
Triplet on four, percussive sound on two or at least the muted, stopping the string from ringing on two.
[E] At bar three we play a slight variation on that.
[Ab] [Gbm] [D]
[E] Still with the three string bar.
Four, fourth string [Ab] fourth fret twice.
Now somewhere in the [Gb] point of picking those two strings have this index finger come to the fourth string [F] second fret or bar the top four strings.
Play the fourth string at the second [Gbm] fret, hammer to the fourth.
[Ab] Back to [Gbm] the second and with the middle finger fifth [D] string third.
You can see that the key to fingering this [N] section of the song is that the index finger takes the second fret, middle finger takes [B] the third, ring finger takes the fourth.
Keep that consistent.
Bar three then is counting.
[E]
One, [Ab] two [Gbm] and three [D] and a four.
[Abm] Now you've got the fourth string bar held down.
That's what you need [C] to do for bar four.
Where we play the same thing we played at bar two but now dislocated to the fifth and fourth [Bm] strings.
So it's five open, mute, [Eb]
fifth string fourth, fourth string second [Gbm] twice.
Again if you can stop the first one let the second one ring.
[Gb] Fifth string [D] hammer from three to four.
[Eb] Fingers [Gbm] away as you play the fourth string two.
[B] Same rhythm.
One, [Eb] two [Gb] and three [D] and four [B] and a.
And at [N] bar five we play five or five and four together and [B] stop them.
And it rings for the rest of the bar while you sing I found my as we get into the verse itself.
So let's play bars one to five again slowly.
So that's your intro.
[E] [Abm] [G]
[E] [Ab] [Gbm] [D]
[B] [Gbm] [D] [B]
[N]
but we're going to play mostly out of a boogie pattern so we won't be making full chord shapes for this song.
Let's get into the intro first of all, bars 1 to 5 of the tab.
[B] [E] [Abm]
[G] [E] [Abm] [Gbm] [D] [B]
[Bm] [Abm] Aval ma.
[Bbm] [Gbm] [N] So when we play an A chord in this song we want to play a bar of the top four strings at the second fret.
In actual fact you really only need the fourth string so if you like just hold down the fourth string second fret
but if you do that be very careful not to get strings 3, 2 or 1.
Out of that shape we're going to start at bar 1 by [B] playing the fifth string twice.
[Eb] After the first one stop it and then let the second [B] one ring.
Now you want, still keeping the bar down, the fifth string fourth fret to open to fourth fret.
[Abm]
[Gb] Then the fourth string second fret, fifth string [Eb] four, [Gb] fourth string two.
[B] Now there's nothing on the first beat of this bar and the last two beats are triplets so we're counting this.
One and two and three and four and a.
Add into the D chord that comes next at [E] bar 2.
[G] [B]
Well we're now playing a three string [Ab] bar, top three strings at the second fret or [G] again if you prefer just the third string [E] second fret.
Four.
And then a sort of percussive [N] sound.
You can either get the percussive sound by musing the strings with the karate chop part of your hand and letting the pick hit the strings
[E] or just stop that note from ringing.
It's counting one, two so as a [Eb] minimum stop that ringing on the two beat.
Then you want the fourth string [Ab] fourth fret, third string [B] second fret twice.
[Bm] Now fourth string third fret, [Ebm] hammer to fourth fret.
I'm using middle and ring fingers here whilst the index finger stays [G] down.
[Abm] And those two fingers come away as you play the [E] third string [B] second fret.
[E]
One, two [Ab] [B] and three [G] and four [Bm] and a.
Triplet on four, percussive sound on two or at least the muted, stopping the string from ringing on two.
[E] At bar three we play a slight variation on that.
[Ab] [Gbm] [D]
[E] Still with the three string bar.
Four, fourth string [Ab] fourth fret twice.
Now somewhere in the [Gb] point of picking those two strings have this index finger come to the fourth string [F] second fret or bar the top four strings.
Play the fourth string at the second [Gbm] fret, hammer to the fourth.
[Ab] Back to [Gbm] the second and with the middle finger fifth [D] string third.
You can see that the key to fingering this [N] section of the song is that the index finger takes the second fret, middle finger takes [B] the third, ring finger takes the fourth.
Keep that consistent.
Bar three then is counting.
[E]
One, [Ab] two [Gbm] and three [D] and a four.
[Abm] Now you've got the fourth string bar held down.
That's what you need [C] to do for bar four.
Where we play the same thing we played at bar two but now dislocated to the fifth and fourth [Bm] strings.
So it's five open, mute, [Eb]
fifth string fourth, fourth string second [Gbm] twice.
Again if you can stop the first one let the second one ring.
[Gb] Fifth string [D] hammer from three to four.
[Eb] Fingers [Gbm] away as you play the fourth string two.
[B] Same rhythm.
One, [Eb] two [Gb] and three [D] and four [B] and a.
And at [N] bar five we play five or five and four together and [B] stop them.
And it rings for the rest of the bar while you sing I found my as we get into the verse itself.
So let's play bars one to five again slowly.
So that's your intro.
[E] [Abm] [G]
[E] [Ab] [Gbm] [D]
[B] [Gbm] [D] [B]
[N]
Key:
B
E
Gbm
D
Ab
B
E
Gbm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ For Lubri Hill we're capoed at the second fret and we're going to play chord shapes in the key of A
but we're going to play mostly out of a boogie pattern so we won't be making full chord shapes for this song.
Let's get into the intro first of all, bars 1 to 5 of the tab. _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Abm] _ _
[G] _ [E] _ _ [Abm] _ [Gbm] _ [D] _ [B] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Abm] Aval ma.
_ [Bbm] _ _ [Gbm] _ _ [N] So when we play an A chord in this song we want to play a bar of the top four strings at the second fret.
_ In actual fact you really only need the fourth string so if you like just hold down the fourth string second fret
but if you do that be very careful not to get strings 3, 2 or 1.
_ _ Out of that shape we're going to start at bar 1 by [B] playing the fifth string twice.
_ _ [Eb] After the first one stop it and then let the second [B] one ring. _ _ _ _ _ _
Now you want, still keeping the bar down, the fifth string fourth fret to open to fourth fret.
_ [Abm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] Then the fourth string second fret, fifth string [Eb] four, _ [Gb] fourth string two.
_ _ _ _ [B] Now there's nothing on the first beat of this bar and the last two beats are triplets so we're counting this.
One and two and three and four and a. _ _ _ _
_ _ Add into the D chord that comes next at [E] bar 2.
_ _ _ [G] _ [B] _ _ _ _
Well we're now playing a three string [Ab] bar, top three strings at the second fret or [G] again if you prefer just the third string [E] second fret. _
Four.
And then a sort of percussive [N] sound.
You can either get the percussive sound by musing the strings with the karate chop part of your hand and letting the pick hit the strings
[E] or just stop that note from ringing.
It's counting one, two so as a [Eb] minimum stop that ringing on the two beat.
Then you want the fourth string [Ab] fourth fret, third string [B] second fret twice.
_ _ _ [Bm] Now fourth string third fret, [Ebm] hammer to fourth fret.
I'm using middle and ring fingers here whilst the index finger stays [G] down.
_ [Abm] _ And those two fingers come away as you play the [E] third string [B] second fret.
_ _ _ [E] _
One, two [Ab] [B] and three [G] and four [Bm] and a.
Triplet on four, percussive sound on two or at least the muted, stopping the string from ringing on two.
_ [E] _ _ _ At bar three we play a slight variation on that.
_ _ [Ab] _ [Gbm] _ [D] _ _
_ _ [E] Still with the three string bar.
Four, _ fourth string [Ab] fourth fret twice.
_ Now somewhere in the [Gb] point of picking those two strings have this index finger come to the fourth string [F] second fret or bar the top four strings.
Play the fourth string at the second [Gbm] fret, hammer to the fourth.
[Ab] _ Back to [Gbm] the second and with the middle finger fifth [D] string third. _ _
You can see that the key to fingering this [N] section of the song is that the index finger takes the second fret, middle finger takes [B] the third, ring finger takes the fourth.
Keep that consistent.
Bar three then is counting.
_ [E]
One, [Ab] two [Gbm] and three [D] and a four.
_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] Now you've got the fourth string bar held down.
That's what you need [C] to do for bar four.
Where we play the same thing we played at bar two but now dislocated to the fifth and fourth [Bm] strings.
So it's five open, mute, [Eb] _
fifth string fourth, _ _ fourth string second [Gbm] twice.
_ _ Again if you can stop the first one let the second one ring.
_ [Gb] _ Fifth string [D] hammer from three to four.
[Eb] _ Fingers [Gbm] away as you play the fourth string two.
_ _ [B] Same rhythm.
One, _ [Eb] two [Gb] and three [D] and four [B] and a. _
And at [N] bar five we play five or five and four together and [B] stop them.
And it rings for the rest of the bar while you sing I found my as we get into the verse itself.
_ So let's play bars one to five again slowly.
So that's your intro. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [G] _
[E] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Gbm] _ _ [D] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ [D] _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ For Lubri Hill we're capoed at the second fret and we're going to play chord shapes in the key of A
but we're going to play mostly out of a boogie pattern so we won't be making full chord shapes for this song.
Let's get into the intro first of all, bars 1 to 5 of the tab. _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Abm] _ _
[G] _ [E] _ _ [Abm] _ [Gbm] _ [D] _ [B] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Abm] Aval ma.
_ [Bbm] _ _ [Gbm] _ _ [N] So when we play an A chord in this song we want to play a bar of the top four strings at the second fret.
_ In actual fact you really only need the fourth string so if you like just hold down the fourth string second fret
but if you do that be very careful not to get strings 3, 2 or 1.
_ _ Out of that shape we're going to start at bar 1 by [B] playing the fifth string twice.
_ _ [Eb] After the first one stop it and then let the second [B] one ring. _ _ _ _ _ _
Now you want, still keeping the bar down, the fifth string fourth fret to open to fourth fret.
_ [Abm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] Then the fourth string second fret, fifth string [Eb] four, _ [Gb] fourth string two.
_ _ _ _ [B] Now there's nothing on the first beat of this bar and the last two beats are triplets so we're counting this.
One and two and three and four and a. _ _ _ _
_ _ Add into the D chord that comes next at [E] bar 2.
_ _ _ [G] _ [B] _ _ _ _
Well we're now playing a three string [Ab] bar, top three strings at the second fret or [G] again if you prefer just the third string [E] second fret. _
Four.
And then a sort of percussive [N] sound.
You can either get the percussive sound by musing the strings with the karate chop part of your hand and letting the pick hit the strings
[E] or just stop that note from ringing.
It's counting one, two so as a [Eb] minimum stop that ringing on the two beat.
Then you want the fourth string [Ab] fourth fret, third string [B] second fret twice.
_ _ _ [Bm] Now fourth string third fret, [Ebm] hammer to fourth fret.
I'm using middle and ring fingers here whilst the index finger stays [G] down.
_ [Abm] _ And those two fingers come away as you play the [E] third string [B] second fret.
_ _ _ [E] _
One, two [Ab] [B] and three [G] and four [Bm] and a.
Triplet on four, percussive sound on two or at least the muted, stopping the string from ringing on two.
_ [E] _ _ _ At bar three we play a slight variation on that.
_ _ [Ab] _ [Gbm] _ [D] _ _
_ _ [E] Still with the three string bar.
Four, _ fourth string [Ab] fourth fret twice.
_ Now somewhere in the [Gb] point of picking those two strings have this index finger come to the fourth string [F] second fret or bar the top four strings.
Play the fourth string at the second [Gbm] fret, hammer to the fourth.
[Ab] _ Back to [Gbm] the second and with the middle finger fifth [D] string third. _ _
You can see that the key to fingering this [N] section of the song is that the index finger takes the second fret, middle finger takes [B] the third, ring finger takes the fourth.
Keep that consistent.
Bar three then is counting.
_ [E]
One, [Ab] two [Gbm] and three [D] and a four.
_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] Now you've got the fourth string bar held down.
That's what you need [C] to do for bar four.
Where we play the same thing we played at bar two but now dislocated to the fifth and fourth [Bm] strings.
So it's five open, mute, [Eb] _
fifth string fourth, _ _ fourth string second [Gbm] twice.
_ _ Again if you can stop the first one let the second one ring.
_ [Gb] _ Fifth string [D] hammer from three to four.
[Eb] _ Fingers [Gbm] away as you play the fourth string two.
_ _ [B] Same rhythm.
One, _ [Eb] two [Gb] and three [D] and four [B] and a. _
And at [N] bar five we play five or five and four together and [B] stop them.
And it rings for the rest of the bar while you sing I found my as we get into the verse itself.
_ So let's play bars one to five again slowly.
So that's your intro. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [G] _
[E] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Gbm] _ _ [D] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ [D] _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _