Chords for Jeff Beck: At Guitar Center - Chasing the Treble
Tempo:
132 bpm
Chords used:
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I had no introduction to the guitar at all other than I used to go home on a Friday with
a friend of mine who had a TV set and he let me watch Popeye and there was a guitar always
there on his sofa with only three strings on it and I used to mess around with it and
he said, do you want to borrow it?
And I said, yes please.
And somehow I got the rest of the strings and he never asked for it back.
I didn't know what electric guitar was.
I thought that electric was radios and steam irons, I mean irons and electric irons and
cookers and what the hell is an electric guitar?
You know, we already know what a guitar is and then you find out it has a wire that pick
up and it's amplified.
Ah, now I get it.
So buying the electric guitar is only the first stage.
You've got to get all the other stuff with it.
That's what was on all the records that I loved, you know, like the Elvis Presley records
and Gene Vincent records, all the rock artists of the mid-fifties that featured heavily on
the, you know, like really trebly sounding guitar.
That's what caught my ear.
If you've got a circle of friends that are guitar nerds like I had, you'd find out, oh,
this was a Gibson, that was a Telecaster, and that was, you know, it just became a life
quest finding out who made those noises, who recorded them.
And Les Paul, of course, was there.
He was the instigator right in the late forties with a slap echo and a very trebly sound.
Up to that point, one hadn't heard the trebly sounding guitar.
They were very muted, you know, almost sort of smooth sounding jazz guitar.
The slap echoes are born and rock and roll was on its way.
Buddy Holly, I think many rock guitarists have mentioned this album, but it's the chirping
crickets where the crickets are standing on the front, but they're proudly holding
this strat, and I thought, I've got to have one of those.
So then there's another quest, you know, the Tele was no good, I wanted a strat.
And then I found out that all the Elvis Presley records had a Gibson on it.
Where the hell are we going to get all this money from?
I started off with a 25 pound guitar, which was probably about 30 bucks, 40 bucks back
then, a piece of rubbish it was, but it was good enough for me.
It felt great compared with the homemade one that I had.
I found out that Fender had a range that was just about, you know, reachable.
I think the Esquire was really reasonably cheap.
It was still way beyond what I had, but it was the cheapest, really, really great guitar.
So it was a strat, really, that was the icon.
And then when I saw Hendrix play one, I thought, that's it.
I already played one before I ever knew about him, like five, maybe eight years before.
And I thought, he's making the right noises with that.
So I went back on it and stayed with it.
I've only ever bought one guitar, the other just
a friend of mine who had a TV set and he let me watch Popeye and there was a guitar always
there on his sofa with only three strings on it and I used to mess around with it and
he said, do you want to borrow it?
And I said, yes please.
And somehow I got the rest of the strings and he never asked for it back.
I didn't know what electric guitar was.
I thought that electric was radios and steam irons, I mean irons and electric irons and
cookers and what the hell is an electric guitar?
You know, we already know what a guitar is and then you find out it has a wire that pick
up and it's amplified.
Ah, now I get it.
So buying the electric guitar is only the first stage.
You've got to get all the other stuff with it.
That's what was on all the records that I loved, you know, like the Elvis Presley records
and Gene Vincent records, all the rock artists of the mid-fifties that featured heavily on
the, you know, like really trebly sounding guitar.
That's what caught my ear.
If you've got a circle of friends that are guitar nerds like I had, you'd find out, oh,
this was a Gibson, that was a Telecaster, and that was, you know, it just became a life
quest finding out who made those noises, who recorded them.
And Les Paul, of course, was there.
He was the instigator right in the late forties with a slap echo and a very trebly sound.
Up to that point, one hadn't heard the trebly sounding guitar.
They were very muted, you know, almost sort of smooth sounding jazz guitar.
The slap echoes are born and rock and roll was on its way.
Buddy Holly, I think many rock guitarists have mentioned this album, but it's the chirping
crickets where the crickets are standing on the front, but they're proudly holding
this strat, and I thought, I've got to have one of those.
So then there's another quest, you know, the Tele was no good, I wanted a strat.
And then I found out that all the Elvis Presley records had a Gibson on it.
Where the hell are we going to get all this money from?
I started off with a 25 pound guitar, which was probably about 30 bucks, 40 bucks back
then, a piece of rubbish it was, but it was good enough for me.
It felt great compared with the homemade one that I had.
I found out that Fender had a range that was just about, you know, reachable.
I think the Esquire was really reasonably cheap.
It was still way beyond what I had, but it was the cheapest, really, really great guitar.
So it was a strat, really, that was the icon.
And then when I saw Hendrix play one, I thought, that's it.
I already played one before I ever knew about him, like five, maybe eight years before.
And I thought, he's making the right noises with that.
So I went back on it and stayed with it.
I've only ever bought one guitar, the other just
Key:
I had no _ _ _ introduction to the guitar at all other than I used to go home on a Friday with
a friend of mine who had a TV set and he let me watch Popeye and there was a guitar always
there on his sofa with only three strings on it and I used to mess around with it and
he said, do you want to borrow it?
And I said, yes please.
And somehow I got the rest of the strings and he never asked for it back.
I didn't know what electric guitar was.
I thought that electric was radios and steam irons, I mean irons and electric irons and
cookers and what the hell is an electric guitar?
You know, we already know what a guitar is _ and then you find out it has a wire that pick
up and it's amplified.
Ah, now I get it.
So buying the electric guitar is only the first stage.
You've got to get all the other stuff with it.
That's what was on all the records that I loved, you know, like the Elvis Presley records
and Gene Vincent records, all the _ rock artists of the mid-fifties that featured heavily on
the, you know, like really trebly sounding guitar.
That's what caught my ear.
If you've got a circle of friends that are guitar nerds like I had, you'd find out, oh,
this was a Gibson, that was a Telecaster, and that was, _ you know, it just became a life
quest finding out who made those noises, who recorded them.
And Les Paul, of course, was there.
He was the instigator right in the late forties with a slap echo and a very trebly sound.
Up to that point, one hadn't heard the trebly sounding guitar.
They were very muted, you know, almost sort of smooth _ sounding jazz guitar.
_ The slap echoes are born and rock and roll was on its way.
Buddy Holly, I think many rock guitarists have mentioned this album, but it's the chirping
_ _ crickets where the _ crickets are standing on the front, but they're proudly holding
this strat, and I thought, I've got to have one of those.
So then there's another quest, you know, the Tele was no good, I wanted a strat.
And then I found out that all the Elvis Presley records had a Gibson on it.
Where the hell are we going to get all this money from?
I started off with a 25 pound guitar, which was probably about 30 bucks, 40 bucks back
then, a piece of rubbish it was, but it was good enough for me.
It felt great compared with the homemade one that I had.
I found out that Fender had a range _ that was just about, you know, reachable.
I think the Esquire was really reasonably cheap.
_ _ It was still way beyond what I had, but it was the cheapest, really, really great guitar.
So it was a strat, really, that was the icon.
_ And then when I saw Hendrix play one, I thought, that's it. _ _
I already played one before I ever knew about him, like five, maybe eight years before.
And I thought, he's making the right noises with that.
_ So I went back on it and stayed with it.
_ I've only ever bought one guitar, the other just
a friend of mine who had a TV set and he let me watch Popeye and there was a guitar always
there on his sofa with only three strings on it and I used to mess around with it and
he said, do you want to borrow it?
And I said, yes please.
And somehow I got the rest of the strings and he never asked for it back.
I didn't know what electric guitar was.
I thought that electric was radios and steam irons, I mean irons and electric irons and
cookers and what the hell is an electric guitar?
You know, we already know what a guitar is _ and then you find out it has a wire that pick
up and it's amplified.
Ah, now I get it.
So buying the electric guitar is only the first stage.
You've got to get all the other stuff with it.
That's what was on all the records that I loved, you know, like the Elvis Presley records
and Gene Vincent records, all the _ rock artists of the mid-fifties that featured heavily on
the, you know, like really trebly sounding guitar.
That's what caught my ear.
If you've got a circle of friends that are guitar nerds like I had, you'd find out, oh,
this was a Gibson, that was a Telecaster, and that was, _ you know, it just became a life
quest finding out who made those noises, who recorded them.
And Les Paul, of course, was there.
He was the instigator right in the late forties with a slap echo and a very trebly sound.
Up to that point, one hadn't heard the trebly sounding guitar.
They were very muted, you know, almost sort of smooth _ sounding jazz guitar.
_ The slap echoes are born and rock and roll was on its way.
Buddy Holly, I think many rock guitarists have mentioned this album, but it's the chirping
_ _ crickets where the _ crickets are standing on the front, but they're proudly holding
this strat, and I thought, I've got to have one of those.
So then there's another quest, you know, the Tele was no good, I wanted a strat.
And then I found out that all the Elvis Presley records had a Gibson on it.
Where the hell are we going to get all this money from?
I started off with a 25 pound guitar, which was probably about 30 bucks, 40 bucks back
then, a piece of rubbish it was, but it was good enough for me.
It felt great compared with the homemade one that I had.
I found out that Fender had a range _ that was just about, you know, reachable.
I think the Esquire was really reasonably cheap.
_ _ It was still way beyond what I had, but it was the cheapest, really, really great guitar.
So it was a strat, really, that was the icon.
_ And then when I saw Hendrix play one, I thought, that's it. _ _
I already played one before I ever knew about him, like five, maybe eight years before.
And I thought, he's making the right noises with that.
_ So I went back on it and stayed with it.
_ I've only ever bought one guitar, the other just