Chords for How to Play The Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" on Drums
Tempo:
87.95 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Eb
Ab
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Eb]
[D]
[G] Satisfaction.
Hopefully going through all these transcriptions will give you some satisfaction.
But this is a great tune by the Rolling Stones.
Charlie Watts plays drums on this and he's got his own personality and groove.
And that's, you know, we've been mentioning little bits and pieces about these drummers as we go through.
But, you know, hopefully these are all here to help you get your own personality and groove so people will recognize your sound.
So this is pretty straight ahead.
We're in 4-4.
See the C on the transcription.
Common time stands for 4-4.
And we're just pounding out all four on the snare drum and bass drum.
I'm driving with the eighth note pulse that drives much of rock and roll with the hi-hat.
Again, subdividing the quarter notes into eighth notes.
1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and.
The thing here is you want everybody marching to the same drummer.
You know, I see young drummers start this kind of thing and you get this kind of
[D] All kind of wacky stuff going on.
We don't want that.
You got to be, you know, have a unified purpose here and it has to line up with the rest of the band.
So you need to
You're the foundation for the band on a basic beat like this with all beats.
So lay it down really tight and together.
So 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and.
[Ab] If this [G] is not working immediately for you, just take that feeling out of the beat and just play all
So your body can get that feeling together.
If you have
If that's even a challenge,
look down at your bass drum and snare drum so you can see the snare drum and stick and your bass drum simultaneously.
Use your sight to help you.
[A] Make sure those things are lining up.
Add the third limb and you know, you can just try the individual notes.
Okay, they're lined up now.
Let's put them in the [Dm] beat.
[G] [Fm] Basically, that's all it is to it.
You'll hear that
You see on the transcription, but you'll hear on the song, there's a tambourine.
Somebody else is playing that, but that's kind of what they
That's another little [C] spice that makes the, you know, the trademark of the tune.
So you might want somebody in your [E] band or house to play that for you to make [Em] satisfaction happen.
Any discussion of Charlie Watts can't go without talking about the Charlie Watts beat.
What some people call the Charlie Watts beat.
And that is, instead of playing the steady ride pattern like we've done on so many of these beats and talk about
We've talked about changing that to different flavors so that you can change up the beat.
Charlie Watts [N] beat, the flavor is not playing on two and four.
He plays eighth notes, but leaves out the hi-hat where he's playing the backbeat.
So it's one and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and one.
If you want to listen to a great recorded example of this, listen to Start Me Up.
There's a bunch of tunes, but that's a great
Comes to mind immediately.
So bass drum on one and three, snare drum on two and four.
One and two and three and four.
One and two and three and four and one.
One and two and three and four and one.
Sometimes he puts that shoop in on the end of one and the end of three.
The one that we talked about at the end of the two measure cycles.
It smells like Team Spirit.
[D] Right?
So he put that on the end of one.
[G] So there's the Charlie Watts beat.
And with satisfaction, make sure you got everything synchronized and always make it groove.
[D]
[G] Satisfaction.
Hopefully going through all these transcriptions will give you some satisfaction.
But this is a great tune by the Rolling Stones.
Charlie Watts plays drums on this and he's got his own personality and groove.
And that's, you know, we've been mentioning little bits and pieces about these drummers as we go through.
But, you know, hopefully these are all here to help you get your own personality and groove so people will recognize your sound.
So this is pretty straight ahead.
We're in 4-4.
See the C on the transcription.
Common time stands for 4-4.
And we're just pounding out all four on the snare drum and bass drum.
I'm driving with the eighth note pulse that drives much of rock and roll with the hi-hat.
Again, subdividing the quarter notes into eighth notes.
1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and.
The thing here is you want everybody marching to the same drummer.
You know, I see young drummers start this kind of thing and you get this kind of
[D] All kind of wacky stuff going on.
We don't want that.
You got to be, you know, have a unified purpose here and it has to line up with the rest of the band.
So you need to
You're the foundation for the band on a basic beat like this with all beats.
So lay it down really tight and together.
So 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and.
[Ab] If this [G] is not working immediately for you, just take that feeling out of the beat and just play all
So your body can get that feeling together.
If you have
If that's even a challenge,
look down at your bass drum and snare drum so you can see the snare drum and stick and your bass drum simultaneously.
Use your sight to help you.
[A] Make sure those things are lining up.
Add the third limb and you know, you can just try the individual notes.
Okay, they're lined up now.
Let's put them in the [Dm] beat.
[G] [Fm] Basically, that's all it is to it.
You'll hear that
You see on the transcription, but you'll hear on the song, there's a tambourine.
Somebody else is playing that, but that's kind of what they
That's another little [C] spice that makes the, you know, the trademark of the tune.
So you might want somebody in your [E] band or house to play that for you to make [Em] satisfaction happen.
Any discussion of Charlie Watts can't go without talking about the Charlie Watts beat.
What some people call the Charlie Watts beat.
And that is, instead of playing the steady ride pattern like we've done on so many of these beats and talk about
We've talked about changing that to different flavors so that you can change up the beat.
Charlie Watts [N] beat, the flavor is not playing on two and four.
He plays eighth notes, but leaves out the hi-hat where he's playing the backbeat.
So it's one and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and one.
If you want to listen to a great recorded example of this, listen to Start Me Up.
There's a bunch of tunes, but that's a great
Comes to mind immediately.
So bass drum on one and three, snare drum on two and four.
One and two and three and four.
One and two and three and four and one.
One and two and three and four and one.
Sometimes he puts that shoop in on the end of one and the end of three.
The one that we talked about at the end of the two measure cycles.
It smells like Team Spirit.
[D] Right?
So he put that on the end of one.
[G] So there's the Charlie Watts beat.
And with satisfaction, make sure you got everything synchronized and always make it groove.
Key:
G
D
Eb
Ab
A
G
D
Eb
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ Satisfaction.
Hopefully going through all these transcriptions will give you some satisfaction.
But this is a great tune by the Rolling Stones.
Charlie Watts plays drums on this and he's got his own personality and groove.
And that's, you know, we've been mentioning little bits and pieces about these drummers as we go through.
But, you know, hopefully these are all here to help you get your own personality and groove so people will recognize your sound.
So this is pretty straight ahead.
We're in 4-4.
See the C on the transcription.
Common time stands for 4-4.
And we're just pounding out all four on the snare drum and bass drum.
I'm driving with the eighth note pulse that drives much of rock and roll with the hi-hat.
Again, subdividing the quarter notes into eighth notes.
1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and.
The thing here is you want everybody marching to the same drummer.
You know, I see young drummers start this kind of thing and you get this kind of_ _
[D] _ _ All kind of wacky stuff going on.
We don't want that.
You got to be, you know, have a unified _ _ purpose here and it has to line up with the rest of the band.
So you need to_
You're the foundation for the band on a basic beat like this with all beats.
So lay it down really tight and together.
So 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and.
_ _ _ [Ab] If this _ _ _ [G] is not working immediately for you, just take that feeling out of the beat and just play _ all_
_ _ So your body can get that feeling together.
If you have_
If that's even a challenge,
look down at your bass drum and snare drum so you can see the snare drum and stick and your bass drum simultaneously.
Use your sight to help you.
[A] Make sure those things are lining up.
Add the third limb and you know, you can just try the individual notes.
_ Okay, they're lined up now.
Let's put them in the [Dm] beat.
_ _ [G] _ _ [Fm] Basically, that's all it is to it.
You'll hear that_
You see on the transcription, but you'll hear on the song, there's a tambourine.
Somebody else is playing that, but that's kind of what they_
That's another little [C] spice that makes the, you know, the trademark of the tune.
So you might want somebody in your [E] band or house to play that for you to make [Em] satisfaction happen.
Any discussion of Charlie Watts can't go without talking about the Charlie Watts beat.
What some people call the Charlie Watts beat.
And that is, instead of playing the steady ride pattern like we've done on so many of these beats and talk about_
We've talked about changing that to different flavors so that you can change up the beat.
Charlie Watts [N] beat, the flavor is not playing on two and four.
He plays eighth notes, but leaves out the hi-hat where he's playing the backbeat.
So it's one and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and one.
If you want to listen to a great recorded example of this, listen to Start Me Up.
There's a bunch of tunes, but that's a great_
Comes to mind immediately.
So bass drum on one and three, snare drum on two and four.
One and two and three and four.
One and two and three and four and one.
One and two and three and four and one.
Sometimes he puts that shoop in on the end of one and the end of three.
The one that we talked about at the end of the two measure cycles.
It smells like Team Spirit.
[D] Right?
So he put that on the end of one. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ So there's the Charlie Watts beat.
And with satisfaction, make sure you got everything synchronized and always make it groove. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ Satisfaction.
Hopefully going through all these transcriptions will give you some satisfaction.
But this is a great tune by the Rolling Stones.
Charlie Watts plays drums on this and he's got his own personality and groove.
And that's, you know, we've been mentioning little bits and pieces about these drummers as we go through.
But, you know, hopefully these are all here to help you get your own personality and groove so people will recognize your sound.
So this is pretty straight ahead.
We're in 4-4.
See the C on the transcription.
Common time stands for 4-4.
And we're just pounding out all four on the snare drum and bass drum.
I'm driving with the eighth note pulse that drives much of rock and roll with the hi-hat.
Again, subdividing the quarter notes into eighth notes.
1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and.
The thing here is you want everybody marching to the same drummer.
You know, I see young drummers start this kind of thing and you get this kind of_ _
[D] _ _ All kind of wacky stuff going on.
We don't want that.
You got to be, you know, have a unified _ _ purpose here and it has to line up with the rest of the band.
So you need to_
You're the foundation for the band on a basic beat like this with all beats.
So lay it down really tight and together.
So 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and.
_ _ _ [Ab] If this _ _ _ [G] is not working immediately for you, just take that feeling out of the beat and just play _ all_
_ _ So your body can get that feeling together.
If you have_
If that's even a challenge,
look down at your bass drum and snare drum so you can see the snare drum and stick and your bass drum simultaneously.
Use your sight to help you.
[A] Make sure those things are lining up.
Add the third limb and you know, you can just try the individual notes.
_ Okay, they're lined up now.
Let's put them in the [Dm] beat.
_ _ [G] _ _ [Fm] Basically, that's all it is to it.
You'll hear that_
You see on the transcription, but you'll hear on the song, there's a tambourine.
Somebody else is playing that, but that's kind of what they_
That's another little [C] spice that makes the, you know, the trademark of the tune.
So you might want somebody in your [E] band or house to play that for you to make [Em] satisfaction happen.
Any discussion of Charlie Watts can't go without talking about the Charlie Watts beat.
What some people call the Charlie Watts beat.
And that is, instead of playing the steady ride pattern like we've done on so many of these beats and talk about_
We've talked about changing that to different flavors so that you can change up the beat.
Charlie Watts [N] beat, the flavor is not playing on two and four.
He plays eighth notes, but leaves out the hi-hat where he's playing the backbeat.
So it's one and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and one.
If you want to listen to a great recorded example of this, listen to Start Me Up.
There's a bunch of tunes, but that's a great_
Comes to mind immediately.
So bass drum on one and three, snare drum on two and four.
One and two and three and four.
One and two and three and four and one.
One and two and three and four and one.
Sometimes he puts that shoop in on the end of one and the end of three.
The one that we talked about at the end of the two measure cycles.
It smells like Team Spirit.
[D] Right?
So he put that on the end of one. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ So there's the Charlie Watts beat.
And with satisfaction, make sure you got everything synchronized and always make it groove. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _