Chords for How to Play "Who's Been Talking?" - Blues Guitar Lessons

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[Cm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Cm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] Who's been talking?
_ Howlin' Wolf, Chester [Bb] Burnett.
A great old blues tune, _ minor [F] key, [E] rumba, in this case we're in C minor.
And the rumba feel is [Eb] kind of a little bit different.
A cool thing to do to change the pace.
I'm Red and I'm here today to help you [D] take a look at [N] Who's Been Talking.
Now I'm going to do some, I'm going to roll the track, I'm going to do a little bit of
rhythm over it, demonstrate a few different moves, and then I'll do some lead _ [F] [Gb] and turn
you on to a couple of cool [Eb] licks _ [B] and [Db] some soloing ideas.
You know, I mean, [E] I think the idea is [Dbm] [Bb] to be [E] creative [Ab] and make the song your [Bb] own.
So here we go.
Start with the rhythm, _ C minor, [Eb] all minor chords, 1, 4, [Ab] 5.
And of course this lick.
[C] _ _
[Bb] _ _ Let me start that again and get you [C] that lick on time.
[Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
3, 4, [Eb] 5.
_ _ [C] _ [Cm] _
The lick _ _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _ [Cm] _
is_
Does it for the _ [Fm] 4, [Ab] _ _ [Fm] as well as the [Eb] 5.
_ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Gm] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Cm] _
Now anytime I'm using a minor, [C] ok, I might [Cm] use double stops.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ I'm just following the major scale.
[Fm] _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bb] Lead [Cm] into the 1, [Eb] see that?
_ [Cm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Fm] And then [Ab] these hammer pulls, _ [Cm] _ _
those are very cool too.
_ Ok, so let me stop the track and show you a couple [D] of the things I just did. _ _ _
[Cm] _ Basically, we're in C minor.
There, that's a better view for you.
We're in C minor, I'm playing a C minor 7.
And then I'm [D] using these neighboring chord double stops, _ [C] following [Gm] the major scale.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ See how they match up to the C minor.
[Ab] Then for the F, I just go up here, _ _ play F minor, two notes out of the F minor.
I'm on the second and third string.
_ [Gm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
Now I'm leading back into the 1, that's what I was saying before.
_ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Cm] So that is some cool stuff you can do.
Or you can just strum these chords and play that lick, or you can just strum the chords.
Gives you some different options if [E] there's different players you're working with.
Each [Db] of you can take a different [Gb] option.
[Ab] For the 4, _ I used an F minor 7.
You could certainly use other forms of an F minor chord.
And then for the [Gm] 5, I used a G minor 7.
You'll also notice that I did the hammer pulls, a very cool move. _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] I'm [Db] going to do that slow for you, and get you a better view.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ See what I'm doing there.
_ _ [Ebm] _ _
[Abm] _ [F] Then I move down a half step.
[Ebm] _ They're all chord tones, [E] or scale tones, one or [Db] the other.
_ _ And you can do those over the 4 and over the 5.
Now, for some lead stuff. _
_ _ _ _ C minor pentatonic.
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _
Some passing tones.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [Cm] Now that was just in minor [C] pentatonic, basically with some passing tones.
But let's use an arp. _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [F] Perhaps some double stops.
_ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] We could [Fm] use some pinch [C] _ [Bb] harmonics.
_ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
Let me [F] _ [C] go ahead and stop the track.
[F] _ _
And let me show you that a little.
[G] I'm starting on a G.
I'm playing a G minor [Gm] arpeggio.
_ [Gb] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ See how it [D] goes right back into the C minor [Gm] pentatonic.
_ [Gb] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ So that gives you [G] some ideas of things that you can do.
_ That arp, specifically one more time, slow.
_ _ [Em] Starting on the G, [Eb] on the A string.
[Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [F] _
[C] Back into the minor [Eb] pentatonic.
_ [Cm] _ _ So I hope that helps you to spice up your version of Who's Been Talking.
And I will see you again soon with another [G] lesson. _ _ _