Chords for Isaiah Sharkey on Gospel R&B Guitar Phrases | Reverb Interview

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_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ [Am] _ The language of [Gm] gospel [F] _ music to me, I started [E] listening to like the Dixie [C] Hummingbirds [Bb] and
_ _ [D] a lot of early Curtis Mayfield [Db] stuff, you know, _ [Eb] _ Bobby Womack.
[F] All those guys came from gospel quartet [G] and they would [E] do little stuff like, you know,
in that chord progression, they would [Em] do.
[E] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] So little stuff like, _ _
[D] _ _ [C] well, _ _ _ _ _ a lot of those guys [F] then they thought [D] of, they were influenced
by like Charlie Christian and [F] blues guys, but then they were also [D] influenced by a lot
of the [B] singers that were in church.
So a [D] lot of the feels [Dbm] would like _ _ [Gb]
be [G] something that they would think of as a singer. _ _
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [A] That's a melody, you know.
_ [Gm] _ _ [A] _
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_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _ [F] _ Like almost like a little, you [E] know, chorus or something.
_ _ _ [C] _
You come [Abm] up with these little melodies.
[Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] So you get melody, thinking melody _ inside of a song that already has its own melody,
but just in your part, you'll find a melody for your part.
So, you know, _ _ [G] _ phrases. _
_ _ [Ab] _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[G] _ Right.
_ [Ab] _ That could [D] be a thing.
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_ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ See.
[A] _ _ _ _ _
That's it.
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