Chords for How to Play: 'Caroline' Status Quo Guitar Lesson

Hey guitar buddies, it's time for some Quo.
Let's have a bit of Caroline.
So we start on an F and I'm playing just the F and C notes, 8 and 10 _ on the A and D [F] strings. _
_ _ And then we've got [Bm] this _
_ _ _ _ the D on the 12th, the E flat on the _ 13th and
_ back to the 12th.
So we've got the classic Quo [F] riff. _
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_ _ _ Yeah, instantly recognizable as the Quo there. _
Now, _ _ over that _ _
we've got this riff that comes in. _ _
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[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Ab] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
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Great little riff.
_ _ So I'm playing an F. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ Two F's and a B flat [A] _ _ and an A.
[F] So 3, _ _ 3, 3, 2.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [F]
Then F again.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ B [A] flat, [F] A, [Bb] F, [F] B flat, A.
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_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ I [Eb] just keep [F] repeating that pattern. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
Then we switch over the B flat chord. _
So it goes to B flat.
_ Then we get an A flat, which is the seventh note of
_ _ _ _ _ the B flat 7. _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ So it works.
It's got that great little shift in tonality from the A, which is the third of the major scale being [Ab] F major,
_ _ to an A flat, which is in _ [F] the minor third of the _ F scale.
In F minor.
So you get a nice little shift in tonality there.
_ So we _ _ go_
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Ab] _ _ So we're playing just the same, but instead of playing the second fret, we're playing _ [B] the first [F] fret.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [G] And then we go back to the F.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [N] And then we get this little lick.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ So I'm playing [Bbm] A, B flat, 2, [C] 3, _ C
_ _ _ _ on 1,
[Bb] _ [A] 3, [Ebm] 2, [Eb] B flat, [G] A, open [A] G, _ _ [B] back to [Gm] A.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Am] Let's do a little [Ab] trill.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
So A, [A] B flat, A. _ _ _
_ _ Hammering and pulling off.
[Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ 3 on the B flat, 3 on the A flat, sorry.
_ [G] _ _ [Ab]
Open G.
_ [G] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ Then _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[Bb] back to the first riff.
So I'll play it all through slowly.
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[Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ [Ab] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] Great fun riff.
And the chords for the songs, the basic kind of three chord [F] structure.
_ F, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] B flat, _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ F, _ _ [C] _
C, _ [F] _ _ F, _ _
[C] _ _ C. _ _ _
And that repeats for the verse and then the chorus is_
_ _ [F] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
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[G] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
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So what I played there is an [F] F, but [N] I'm hammering onto the bottom note from an [F] E. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ B [Bm] flat, [F] back to an F. _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ Take my hand up to the _ _
_ [Am] _ C, [Bb] _ _ B flat, [E] _ [F] _ F. _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ So great fun song to play.
Just three chords and a great little riff.
So have fun with the quo. _ _ _ _ _