Chords for I Don't Need No Doctor Tutorial

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I Don't Need No Doctor Tutorial chords
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Hey guys, I'm here to cover John Mayer's live version of I Don't Need No Doctor.
does a little intro riff.
He says yeah, it would have been really cool with the band falling in.
slow for you at first, see if you can
[E]
[B] You saw that, he does pretty much the same thing that he does in the main riff, and there's
only a few differences.
same, and then he changes right here.
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2131
Em
121
E
2311
B
12341112
A
1231
G
2131
Em
121
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2311
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_ _ _ _ _ Hey guys, I'm here to cover John Mayer's live version of I Don't Need No Doctor.
_ _ Alright, first off he does a little intro riff. _ _ _ _
_ He says yeah, it would have been really cool with the band falling in.
_ _ Here's the intro riff, I'm going to play it really slow for you at first, see if you can
figure out the fingering for it.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ You saw that, he does pretty much the same thing that he does in the _ _ main riff, and there's
only a few differences.
_ He starts off the same, _ _ and _ _ _ then he changes right here.
He does a bend on the second fret, [A] _ _ _ [G] _ and pulls off, [Em] hits the second fret on the fourth string,
_ _ then hammers on first fret on the third string, [E] _ _ hits the E string open, _ _ and then hits the
_ second fret fourth string. _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ So [N] that's that intro. _ _ _ _ _
Alright, next I'm going to go over the main riff.
This is still the intro, but he does it just a little bit different from the normal. _
First off, you'll hear in the background the bass notes, and it's not the bass guitar,
it's [Em] actually John Mayer.
You'll _ _ hear_ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [N] And I'll show you how to work that into it.
_ Here's the first part of the intro, really slow.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Alright, pick that apart.
First thing you're going to do is normal riff.
_ _ Start out, open E, _ _ hammer on [G#] _ third _ _ string first fret, [E] _ E open, _ pull off third _ [Bm] fret second
string, _ [B] _ and then _ you're going to [G] hit, to get that second bass note on the right timing,
_ you're going to hit the third string open, _ _ _ and hammer on right after on the third [D] fret
of your E string. _
So you're going [Em] to go_
_ _ and _ _ hit it real quick.
That'll give you the right timing for _ the bass notes.
_ The next part, _ _ _ _
[G] you're _ going to hit _ _ _ four and three on your third and second string, _ _ [D] hit
your D open, _ _ then [C] two and two on your third [A] and second string. _ _ _ _ _
And then I like [E] to, _ it's kind of like an E major chord that comes next, so I like to
hit the second fret on fourth string, _ _ and then hammer on [Em] your _ _ _ first fret G string.
_ [Dm] So all together [Em] _
_ [G] that's_
_ _ that's _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ the first part of the intro.
_ _ And then after that he repeats the same thing, except he'll hit something else instead of
doing your little hammer on.
_ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C#] _ Go up to the twelfth fret on your fourth string, _ eleventh fret on your third [D] string, _ _ hit them
both, then hit your [E] E open, and then [A#] your third string again.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ So [D] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ that's that part. _
And that's almost done with the intro, there's only one other thing you're going to need
to know in the intro.
_ _ He changes [Em] one more time in the last riff of the intro. _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ Kind of like that. _ _
_ What he does is the same thing up until [Em] one point.
And _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ then here, instead [E] of _ going_
you're [G] going to _ _ _ go_
pull off [E] it and then hit second
fret on your fourth string. _
That's the whole intro.
_ [Em] _ Alright guys, here's that whole intro. _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Alright guys, there's only a few more parts to teach.
_ These next few parts are a lot simpler.
_ _ He'll go on to another little riff he has.
_ You're going to have your fifth string, _ fourth fret, your [Dm] third string, fourth fret, and
your second string, [B] fifth fret.
And you're going [C#m] to_
_ _ _ _ _ So you're going to _ hit_
hold _ _ _ _ _ on_
And [B] then slide your ones on the fourth fret up, [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] slide down, [C] take off your _ third string,
slide down, leave it open, _ _ and _ have your second string third fret and fifth string third fret.
_ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And then you're [G] going_
this is a weird fingering.
It's his major chord that he likes [A] to use a lot.
[G] _ _ And he's going to, instead _ _ _ of_
he's going to add the pinky in on the fifth fret. _ _ _ _
And then you're going to add your [A] thumb on the fifth fret. _ _ _ _
[B] And then slide up a fret, two frets. _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Another little small part that you'll find in the song.
_ _ He'll start up here. _ _
It's the same fingerings as that major chord. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ That's just a really simple one.
You can play that slow if you want to figure it out.
Alright guys, I figured I'd play this solo for you.
You can play it back as many times as you want.
Try and figure out the fingerings. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [B] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Alright guys, that's all the time I've got for you.
_ I hope you all get