Chords for How to Play 'You Never Can Tell' - Chuck Berry - 1950s Rock 'n' Roll Guitar Tutorial - Jez Quayle
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150 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
E
F
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[B]
[G] [C]
Shredding the old wood with the well,
To see that the axe is truly of a [G] battle-sail.
And I begun to stir on my hammer of a chattel-sail,
To see that he says, oh folks, he goes a-stirring you [C] never can tell.
[D] Hello folks, in this video I'm going to show you how to play that great Chuck Berry song,
It's a really simple song, there are only two chords.
[G] [C]
Shredding the old wood with the well,
To see that the axe is truly of a [G] battle-sail.
And I begun to stir on my hammer of a chattel-sail,
To see that he says, oh folks, he goes a-stirring you [C] never can tell.
[D] Hello folks, in this video I'm going to show you how to play that great Chuck Berry song,
It's a really simple song, there are only two chords.
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C
E
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_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
Shredding the old wood with the well, _ _ _ _
To see that the axe is truly of a [G] battle-sail.
_ _ _ _ And I begun to stir on my hammer of a chattel-sail, _ _
_ _ To see that he says, oh folks, he goes a-stirring you [C] never can tell. _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ Hello folks, in this video I'm going to show you how to play that great Chuck Berry song,
You Never Can Tell.
It's a really simple song, there are only two chords.
Chuck [A] played the song in the key of C, and so do I, so in C those [C] chords are C _ _ [G] and G. _ _
[C] For the technically minded, [N] that's the 1 and the 5 chord.
_ Here's the intro, _ [Em] _ _ [B] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[E] and here it is played slowly. _
[D] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _
We start off by making this shape up on the [A#] 10th fret.
_ _ [E] _
Put your [E] second finger on the 10th fret of the [F] third string,
and your third finger on the 10th fret of the [D] first string. _
_ _ Allow [N] your second finger to touch the second string and mute it, to stop it ringing out. _
What we're going to be doing is playing the notes on the third string with downstrokes at [F] the pick,
and the notes on the first string [Dm] with upstrokes.
_ _ _ [D] We start off with a slide.
Play the note on the 10th fret of the third string, and slide up to the 12th fret. [F#] Like _ _ that.
And then we play the note on the 12th fret of the first string, [F] with an upstroke at [Em] the pick.
_ Like that.
_ _ Then we play those two notes again.
_ Down, up.
_ _ Then we [E] move the shape down one fret, and play those two notes.
[B] Down, up. _ _ _
[N] Then we move [Dm] that shape down one more fret. _
Down, up. _ _ _ _
_ [D] Then we move the second finger down one fret, [E] play that note with a down.
But this time, we've [N] put our first finger on the 8th fret of the first [C] string. _
_ Play that note with an upstroke.
_ And then we play a [G] G.
_ _ _ Before we start [C] singing _ _ on the C chord.
[Em] So here [F] that is again.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ [C] Was a teenage wedding and the old boss was well. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
You [F] could accompany yourself with just a plain [C] open C chord. _ _
Like that.
And a train rhythm.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ So I'm strumming like this.
Down, _ _ _ _ up. _ _ _ _
_ _ Hitting the strings a little bit harder on beats two and four in the bottom.
One, two, three, three and four.
And one, two, three, four. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] But what I like to do is play a chord riff that [C] sounds like this. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[F] What I'm doing is, I'm dropping my little finger down onto the third fret of the fourth string.
_ _ [N] And my second finger is being moved over from the second fret of the fourth string to the second fret of the third string. _ _ _ _
_ And I do that on beats two and four in the bar.
And then lift my fingers off immediately [C] after that. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
One and two and three and four.
And one and two and three and four. _ _
_ Play it fast. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ So [E] that's what to do when playing the C chord.
When playing the [G] G chord. _ _
Again, you could play a plain open G chord, however you like. _ _ _
With those fingers or _ those fingers or those fingers. _ _
_ _ But what [E] I like to do is play a chord riff on this [G] chord as well. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Like that.
I [F] put my third finger on the third fret of the sixth [G] string. _ _
[E] And I allow that finger to touch _ _ the fifth string to mute it.
_ And I [F#] put my little finger, my pinky, on the third fret of [G] the first string.
_ _ _ _ So that's a G [E] chord missing the [G] third.
_ _ _ And then [N] on beats two and four, like we did before with the C chord,
I drop my fingers down onto these frets.
So I put my second finger down onto the second fret of the [E] fourth string. _
_ _ And my first finger down onto the first fret of the [C] second string.
_ _ _ _ So that was [G] like that.
_ One [C] and [G] two and three and four.
And one and two and three and four.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N]
So that's how I accompany my singing.
I've put a link in the video [D] description to a song sheet
containing the lyrics and the chords,
plus some tablature for that intro.
I hope you found this video useful.
See you next time. _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
Shredding the old wood with the well, _ _ _ _
To see that the axe is truly of a [G] battle-sail.
_ _ _ _ And I begun to stir on my hammer of a chattel-sail, _ _
_ _ To see that he says, oh folks, he goes a-stirring you [C] never can tell. _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ Hello folks, in this video I'm going to show you how to play that great Chuck Berry song,
You Never Can Tell.
It's a really simple song, there are only two chords.
Chuck [A] played the song in the key of C, and so do I, so in C those [C] chords are C _ _ [G] and G. _ _
[C] For the technically minded, [N] that's the 1 and the 5 chord.
_ Here's the intro, _ [Em] _ _ [B] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[E] and here it is played slowly. _
[D] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _
We start off by making this shape up on the [A#] 10th fret.
_ _ [E] _
Put your [E] second finger on the 10th fret of the [F] third string,
and your third finger on the 10th fret of the [D] first string. _
_ _ Allow [N] your second finger to touch the second string and mute it, to stop it ringing out. _
What we're going to be doing is playing the notes on the third string with downstrokes at [F] the pick,
and the notes on the first string [Dm] with upstrokes.
_ _ _ [D] We start off with a slide.
Play the note on the 10th fret of the third string, and slide up to the 12th fret. [F#] Like _ _ that.
And then we play the note on the 12th fret of the first string, [F] with an upstroke at [Em] the pick.
_ Like that.
_ _ Then we play those two notes again.
_ Down, up.
_ _ Then we [E] move the shape down one fret, and play those two notes.
[B] Down, up. _ _ _
[N] Then we move [Dm] that shape down one more fret. _
Down, up. _ _ _ _
_ [D] Then we move the second finger down one fret, [E] play that note with a down.
But this time, we've [N] put our first finger on the 8th fret of the first [C] string. _
_ Play that note with an upstroke.
_ And then we play a [G] G.
_ _ _ Before we start [C] singing _ _ on the C chord.
[Em] So here [F] that is again.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ [C] Was a teenage wedding and the old boss was well. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
You [F] could accompany yourself with just a plain [C] open C chord. _ _
Like that.
And a train rhythm.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ So I'm strumming like this.
Down, _ _ _ _ up. _ _ _ _
_ _ Hitting the strings a little bit harder on beats two and four in the bottom.
One, two, three, three and four.
And one, two, three, four. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] But what I like to do is play a chord riff that [C] sounds like this. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[F] What I'm doing is, I'm dropping my little finger down onto the third fret of the fourth string.
_ _ [N] And my second finger is being moved over from the second fret of the fourth string to the second fret of the third string. _ _ _ _
_ And I do that on beats two and four in the bar.
And then lift my fingers off immediately [C] after that. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
One and two and three and four.
And one and two and three and four. _ _
_ Play it fast. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ So [E] that's what to do when playing the C chord.
When playing the [G] G chord. _ _
Again, you could play a plain open G chord, however you like. _ _ _
With those fingers or _ those fingers or those fingers. _ _
_ _ But what [E] I like to do is play a chord riff on this [G] chord as well. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Like that.
I [F] put my third finger on the third fret of the sixth [G] string. _ _
[E] And I allow that finger to touch _ _ the fifth string to mute it.
_ And I [F#] put my little finger, my pinky, on the third fret of [G] the first string.
_ _ _ _ So that's a G [E] chord missing the [G] third.
_ _ _ And then [N] on beats two and four, like we did before with the C chord,
I drop my fingers down onto these frets.
So I put my second finger down onto the second fret of the [E] fourth string. _
_ _ And my first finger down onto the first fret of the [C] second string.
_ _ _ _ So that was [G] like that.
_ One [C] and [G] two and three and four.
And one and two and three and four.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N]
So that's how I accompany my singing.
I've put a link in the video [D] description to a song sheet
containing the lyrics and the chords,
plus some tablature for that intro.
I hope you found this video useful.
See you next time. _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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