Chords for JD McPherson & Jimmy Sutton: playing and conversation
Tempo:
160.7 bpm
Chords used:
A
G
C
Am
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
[Em]
[Am]
[C#m]
[A]
[C]
[A] I [E] generally stay [A] [E] on the bridge [G] pickup all the time and I'll play with the tips of my
fingers for [D] [F#] some [A] kind of chess
[G] records-y, sorry about that buzz, I'm afraid of the single
[Am]
[C#m]
[A]
[C]
[A] I [E] generally stay [A] [E] on the bridge [G] pickup all the time and I'll play with the tips of my
fingers for [D] [F#] some [A] kind of chess
[G] records-y, sorry about that buzz, I'm afraid of the single
100% ➙ 161BPM
A
G
C
Am
D
A
G
C
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ I [E] generally stay _ [A] _ _ [E] on the bridge [G] pickup all the time and I'll play with the tips of my
fingers for [D] [F#] some [A] kind of chess _
[G] records-y, sorry about that buzz, _ I'm afraid of the single
pole pickup, sorry. _
But like if there's some kind of, _ _ let's say a Chuck Berry type thing, _ _ _ _ I'll kind _ of stick
to the pads. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
[G#] So it's almost like it's implied.
[G] _
And then you can, _ _ I mean that's the same, _ _ _ _ _ [G#] and I don't have a pick right [C] now, but _ [C#m] _ _ [G] you _
_ can [Em] just bite in there whenever you want to.
But I like that, I like that [G] kind of thing. _
Yeah, sure.
There we go. _ _ _
_ It's hard to lose your head. _ _
But even when I am playing with it, I'll still kind of, _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] you know, you just [F] kind of _ work _ _ with it. _
_ _ That's one kind of thing I like about Telecasters is that [G#] they fight you a little bit, and they
kind of sort of have to _ work _ hard to get it to do [G] something. _
_ You [C#] know, I think we played, _
[N] _ I'm basically trying to get this thing to sound like an
ES-335 as close as I can. _ _
And actually some of the tones on the records we did get there, but it's just a constant _ _
_ nightmare of _ trying amps and trying, _ _ _ _ like chords, I swap out chords and I'm that [G]
fanatical about it.
So not that it makes any difference probably.
_ _ [B] I don't have any boost.
_ Really the only effect I use is a tremolo pedal.
And I do [N] have a very, very subtle _ delay present usually.
But I _ don't like the sound of digital delays so much that I just barely have it _ _ on. _ _ _
But I don't like that sort of like, I've got a delay pedal, I'm playing like 50s rock,
I've got a delay pedal. _
It should be very, very subtle. _ _ _
Actually pretty [A] dry, pretty dry signal. _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [C] _ [A] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [C] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [N] _ _ Well, Willie Dixon is a, is a, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
he's a bad boy.
Yeah. _
But _ you know, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] one thing I do want to add on that, _ _ like getting a good tone, you know. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Sounding good and getting a good tone is really more than half the battle for us.
I mean, I can play one note, but if that one note sounds really good, I can play the one
note on that one. _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D#] _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
First time I ever saw [Em] somebody slap a bass, _ _ _ a [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ bass, and I was pretty young.
It was on Hee Haw and my jaw just hit the floor and man, it was something else.
And I, but I was really young and I never heard anything like that again.
But then I did hear, it was a great Tom and Jerry cartoon where this guy,
you, what is you, what is my baby, my baby.
_ _ And you know, that was pretty impressive.
_ Other than that, man, I always just loved the bass, the Count Basie tunes.
My father used to be real, I listened to a lot of jazz in the house.
_ And, _ _ and, and then, you know, I was into punk rock when I got a little older and in that
punk rock scene, the whole rock the Billy scene kind of came hand in hand with that.
And so that really inspired me from _ _ _ _ _ _ guys _ from all the cat bands, you know, in the States
and over here.
_ _ [A] _ _
Yeah.
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[D#] _ [C#m] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ I [E] generally stay _ [A] _ _ [E] on the bridge [G] pickup all the time and I'll play with the tips of my
fingers for [D] [F#] some [A] kind of chess _
[G] records-y, sorry about that buzz, _ I'm afraid of the single
pole pickup, sorry. _
But like if there's some kind of, _ _ let's say a Chuck Berry type thing, _ _ _ _ I'll kind _ of stick
to the pads. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
[G#] So it's almost like it's implied.
[G] _
And then you can, _ _ I mean that's the same, _ _ _ _ _ [G#] and I don't have a pick right [C] now, but _ [C#m] _ _ [G] you _
_ can [Em] just bite in there whenever you want to.
But I like that, I like that [G] kind of thing. _
Yeah, sure.
There we go. _ _ _
_ It's hard to lose your head. _ _
But even when I am playing with it, I'll still kind of, _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] you know, you just [F] kind of _ work _ _ with it. _
_ _ That's one kind of thing I like about Telecasters is that [G#] they fight you a little bit, and they
kind of sort of have to _ work _ hard to get it to do [G] something. _
_ You [C#] know, I think we played, _
[N] _ I'm basically trying to get this thing to sound like an
ES-335 as close as I can. _ _
And actually some of the tones on the records we did get there, but it's just a constant _ _
_ nightmare of _ trying amps and trying, _ _ _ _ like chords, I swap out chords and I'm that [G]
fanatical about it.
So not that it makes any difference probably.
_ _ [B] I don't have any boost.
_ Really the only effect I use is a tremolo pedal.
And I do [N] have a very, very subtle _ delay present usually.
But I _ don't like the sound of digital delays so much that I just barely have it _ _ on. _ _ _
But I don't like that sort of like, I've got a delay pedal, I'm playing like 50s rock,
I've got a delay pedal. _
It should be very, very subtle. _ _ _
Actually pretty [A] dry, pretty dry signal. _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [C] _ [A] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [C] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [N] _ _ Well, Willie Dixon is a, is a, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
he's a bad boy.
Yeah. _
But _ you know, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] one thing I do want to add on that, _ _ like getting a good tone, you know. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Sounding good and getting a good tone is really more than half the battle for us.
I mean, I can play one note, but if that one note sounds really good, I can play the one
note on that one. _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D#] _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
First time I ever saw [Em] somebody slap a bass, _ _ _ a [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ bass, and I was pretty young.
It was on Hee Haw and my jaw just hit the floor and man, it was something else.
And I, but I was really young and I never heard anything like that again.
But then I did hear, it was a great Tom and Jerry cartoon where this guy,
you, what is you, what is my baby, my baby.
_ _ And you know, that was pretty impressive.
_ Other than that, man, I always just loved the bass, the Count Basie tunes.
My father used to be real, I listened to a lot of jazz in the house.
_ And, _ _ and, and then, you know, I was into punk rock when I got a little older and in that
punk rock scene, the whole rock the Billy scene kind of came hand in hand with that.
And so that really inspired me from _ _ _ _ _ _ guys _ from all the cat bands, you know, in the States
and over here.
_ _ [A] _ _
Yeah.
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[D#] _ [C#m] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _