Chords for How to play " Sister " by the Black Keys - lesson
Tempo:
122.85 bpm
Chords used:
Em
A
D
Dm
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Okay, Sister off the El Camino record.
I've got a cover of me playing to it to the recording over on my page if you want to listen to it.
Otherwise, it's digging here.
[Em] It starts off with the
[D] [Em]
[Am] [Dm] [A]
[F#] Before it starts that groove, right?
So we're just going to do, play E minor and then lift up your pinky so you've got E minor 7.
Alright, and then we're going to put our pinky on the B string on the 10th [Gm] fret.
So you'll be going 10 to 9 because [A] your middle finger is on the 9 [Em] there.
Or the 8 I mean.
So yeah, so you just go
[C#] And then go [C] up to D minor 7 and do [Dm] the same thing.
[C]
[D] [Em] [D]
[Dm] [A]
Which
[Am]
is just A minor.
And then just lift up your ring and pinky finger there off the 9th fret of the A and D string.
And then kind of upstroke on the top strings.
[B] And then go to D minor [Dm] and do the same thing.
[Gm] [F] [D]
[A#] [D] [Dm]
[Am]
[Dm]
[D#] And then [Em] this goes into the other part of the chorus there.
[Dm] And [Em]
[Dm] [A]
[D] [N] that's just like the beginning.
Except this time just play the actual E minor and D minor and not the 7 chords.
I was just playing the top 4 strings like that.
You can bar it.
[Em] So it would just be
[Dm] [Em]
[D] [A]
[D] [Dm]
Okay, and that is the [G] whole song right there.
You got it all
You do have that one little tag [A] where he'll go
[E] [A]
[Em] [D]
[G] [A] [Em]
[E] [Em] [A] [Bm] You know that one.
So for that little tag, you're just basically playing straight up A minor pentatonic on
the D and A string.
So you just hammer on from [Am] 5 to 7.
[Em] Back to 5 and then 7 on [C] the A string.
[Gm]
[A] [Em] [A] [D]
[Em] And then 7, [N] 5, 7, 5 on the D string and 7 [Em] on the A string, right?
[A] [Em]
[G] [A] [Em] [A]
[D] [Em] So those are your parts right there.
[F]
[G] [Em] [Dm]
[Am]
[Dm]
[A] [C]
[Dm] [Em]
[D] [Am]
And [Bm] then for the solo, just straight up A minor pentatonic.
So you [Em] can
I would just encourage you to play your own thing.
But [B] you can kind of loop it and listen to it.
But [F#] it's all the notes from A minor pentatonic right there.
[D] [Am] Go through there and pick that out [A] on your own.
But that's all the elements of the song right there.
It's mainly more of just the groove and kind of making it sound that way.
I've got a cover of me playing to it to the recording over on my page if you want to listen to it.
Otherwise, it's digging here.
[Em] It starts off with the
[D] [Em]
[Am] [Dm] [A]
[F#] Before it starts that groove, right?
So we're just going to do, play E minor and then lift up your pinky so you've got E minor 7.
Alright, and then we're going to put our pinky on the B string on the 10th [Gm] fret.
So you'll be going 10 to 9 because [A] your middle finger is on the 9 [Em] there.
Or the 8 I mean.
So yeah, so you just go
[C#] And then go [C] up to D minor 7 and do [Dm] the same thing.
[C]
[D] [Em] [D]
[Dm] [A]
Which
[Am]
is just A minor.
And then just lift up your ring and pinky finger there off the 9th fret of the A and D string.
And then kind of upstroke on the top strings.
[B] And then go to D minor [Dm] and do the same thing.
[Gm] [F] [D]
[A#] [D] [Dm]
[Am]
[Dm]
[D#] And then [Em] this goes into the other part of the chorus there.
[Dm] And [Em]
[Dm] [A]
[D] [N] that's just like the beginning.
Except this time just play the actual E minor and D minor and not the 7 chords.
I was just playing the top 4 strings like that.
You can bar it.
[Em] So it would just be
[Dm] [Em]
[D] [A]
[D] [Dm]
Okay, and that is the [G] whole song right there.
You got it all
You do have that one little tag [A] where he'll go
[E] [A]
[Em] [D]
[G] [A] [Em]
[E] [Em] [A] [Bm] You know that one.
So for that little tag, you're just basically playing straight up A minor pentatonic on
the D and A string.
So you just hammer on from [Am] 5 to 7.
[Em] Back to 5 and then 7 on [C] the A string.
[Gm]
[A] [Em] [A] [D]
[Em] And then 7, [N] 5, 7, 5 on the D string and 7 [Em] on the A string, right?
[A] [Em]
[G] [A] [Em] [A]
[D] [Em] So those are your parts right there.
[F]
[G] [Em] [Dm]
[Am]
[Dm]
[A] [C]
[Dm] [Em]
[D] [Am]
And [Bm] then for the solo, just straight up A minor pentatonic.
So you [Em] can
I would just encourage you to play your own thing.
But [B] you can kind of loop it and listen to it.
But [F#] it's all the notes from A minor pentatonic right there.
[D] [Am] Go through there and pick that out [A] on your own.
But that's all the elements of the song right there.
It's mainly more of just the groove and kind of making it sound that way.
Key:
Em
A
D
Dm
Am
Em
A
D
_ _ _ Okay, Sister off the El Camino record.
I've got a cover of me playing to it _ to the recording over on my page if you want to listen to it.
Otherwise, it's digging here.
[Em] It starts off with _ the_ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[F#] _ Before it starts that groove, right?
So we're just going to do, play E minor and then lift up your pinky so you've got E minor 7. _
Alright, and then we're going to put our pinky on the B string on the 10th [Gm] fret.
So you'll be going 10 to 9 because [A] your middle finger is on the 9 [Em] there.
Or the 8 I mean.
_ So yeah, so you just go_ _
[C#] And then go [C] up to D minor 7 and do [Dm] the same thing.
[C] _ _
[D] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
Which _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ is just A minor.
And then just lift up your ring and pinky finger there off the 9th fret of the A and D string. _ _ _ _
And then kind of upstroke on the top strings. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] And then go to D minor [Dm] and do the same thing.
_ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ [D] _
_ [A#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ And then [Em] this goes into the other part of the chorus there. _ _ _
[Dm] And _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] [N] that's just like the beginning.
_ _ Except this time just play the actual E minor and D minor and not the 7 chords.
_ I was just playing the top 4 strings like that.
You can bar it.
[Em] So it would just be_ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ Okay, and that is the [G] whole song right there.
You got it all_
You do have that one little tag [A] where he'll go_
[E] _ _ [A] _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[G] _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ [Bm] You know that one.
_ So for that little tag, you're just basically playing straight up A minor pentatonic on
the D and A string.
So you just hammer on from [Am] 5 to 7.
[Em] Back to 5 and then 7 on [C] the A string.
[Gm] _ _ _ _
[A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ And then 7, [N] 5, 7, 5 on the D string and 7 [Em] on the A string, right?
[A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ So those are your parts right there.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ And [Bm] then for the solo, just straight up A minor pentatonic.
So you [Em] can_
I would just encourage you to play your own thing.
But [B] you can kind of loop it and listen to it.
But [F#] it's all the notes from A minor pentatonic right there. _
_ [D] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ Go through there and pick that out [A] on your own.
But that's all the elements of the song right there.
It's mainly more of just the groove and kind of making it sound _ that way.
I've got a cover of me playing to it _ to the recording over on my page if you want to listen to it.
Otherwise, it's digging here.
[Em] It starts off with _ the_ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[F#] _ Before it starts that groove, right?
So we're just going to do, play E minor and then lift up your pinky so you've got E minor 7. _
Alright, and then we're going to put our pinky on the B string on the 10th [Gm] fret.
So you'll be going 10 to 9 because [A] your middle finger is on the 9 [Em] there.
Or the 8 I mean.
_ So yeah, so you just go_ _
[C#] And then go [C] up to D minor 7 and do [Dm] the same thing.
[C] _ _
[D] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
Which _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ is just A minor.
And then just lift up your ring and pinky finger there off the 9th fret of the A and D string. _ _ _ _
And then kind of upstroke on the top strings. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] And then go to D minor [Dm] and do the same thing.
_ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ [D] _
_ [A#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ And then [Em] this goes into the other part of the chorus there. _ _ _
[Dm] And _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] [N] that's just like the beginning.
_ _ Except this time just play the actual E minor and D minor and not the 7 chords.
_ I was just playing the top 4 strings like that.
You can bar it.
[Em] So it would just be_ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ Okay, and that is the [G] whole song right there.
You got it all_
You do have that one little tag [A] where he'll go_
[E] _ _ [A] _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[G] _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ [Bm] You know that one.
_ So for that little tag, you're just basically playing straight up A minor pentatonic on
the D and A string.
So you just hammer on from [Am] 5 to 7.
[Em] Back to 5 and then 7 on [C] the A string.
[Gm] _ _ _ _
[A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ And then 7, [N] 5, 7, 5 on the D string and 7 [Em] on the A string, right?
[A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ So those are your parts right there.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ And [Bm] then for the solo, just straight up A minor pentatonic.
So you [Em] can_
I would just encourage you to play your own thing.
But [B] you can kind of loop it and listen to it.
But [F#] it's all the notes from A minor pentatonic right there. _
_ [D] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ Go through there and pick that out [A] on your own.
But that's all the elements of the song right there.
It's mainly more of just the groove and kind of making it sound _ that way.