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
Start Jamming...
[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]
Key:
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] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _