Chords for Joe Satriani Guitar Exercise
Tempo:
144.7 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Gm
Dm
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[D]
[Gm]
[Dm] [C] I just take one pattern.
[E] [N]
[Gm] [F]
[Bb]
[Eb] [Ab] I had a lot of time on my [C] hands.
[F] I just play this over and over.
[Gm]
[Dm] [C] I just take one pattern.
[E] [N]
[Gm] [F]
[Bb]
[Eb] [Ab] I had a lot of time on my [C] hands.
[F] I just play this over and over.
100% ➙ 145BPM
G
D
Gm
Dm
F
G
D
Gm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] I just take one pattern.
_ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
[E] _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] I had a lot of time on my [C] hands.
_ _ _ [F] I just play this over and over.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [E] If I had another guitar around, it sounds very Spinal Tap, but you know, you hit one E, you let it roll or something like that.
And then, _ _ _ using that as a tonal center, I pick a key, and I just try [Em] to improvise. _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G]
Let's see how far [D] I can go [C] on one string _ _ to _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ another [Dm] string. _ _
_ [E] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[G] You could just _ [F] go_
_ _ [G] _
_ and that's just not [Em] really picking. _ _
[Dm] Yeah, [Em] this is sort of game dependent if your amp is getting_
There's actually a left hand hammer here.
For _ _
[D] instance, [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [E] just watch these fingers [G] here.
_ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Gb] You [G] can see what I've been doing.
I'm very lightly touching these strings because I know I'm going to make noise.
I know [Gm] that when I _ [G] go_ _ _
[N] There's going to be some noise.
It's inevitable.
So what do I do?
I'm just kind of like doing this.
Doing this little dance on the strings.
It's just keeping things quiet.
There's this, of course, your palm, that's very quietly _ _ taking care of things.
Anytime your fingers are [E] on and they come off, there's noise.
Any guitar [Em] player knows that.
And so you have to have this coordination [Dm] between_
It goes up. _ _
_ [Gm] _ [G] _ _ I can't do it if [Gb] I'm_
It has to be right.
[A] _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Let's say if there was [G] a move that was_
[D] _ _ _ [Bb] _
[D] So _ [Cm] I'd say, well, okay, first of all, what am I playing?
[B] I'm _ [Gm] playing_
[Bb] _ _ [G] _ _
[F] _ _ [D] Is that what I'm playing there?
[Bb] So I'm playing _ what looks like a G minor arpeggio and [D] then I'm winding up on the_
[B] it's fifth, right?
So you have to be able to see that.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] I just take one pattern.
_ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
[E] _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] I had a lot of time on my [C] hands.
_ _ _ [F] I just play this over and over.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [E] If I had another guitar around, it sounds very Spinal Tap, but you know, you hit one E, you let it roll or something like that.
And then, _ _ _ using that as a tonal center, I pick a key, and I just try [Em] to improvise. _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G]
Let's see how far [D] I can go [C] on one string _ _ to _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ another [Dm] string. _ _
_ [E] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[G] You could just _ [F] go_
_ _ [G] _
_ and that's just not [Em] really picking. _ _
[Dm] Yeah, [Em] this is sort of game dependent if your amp is getting_
There's actually a left hand hammer here.
For _ _
[D] instance, [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [E] just watch these fingers [G] here.
_ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Gb] You [G] can see what I've been doing.
I'm very lightly touching these strings because I know I'm going to make noise.
I know [Gm] that when I _ [G] go_ _ _
[N] There's going to be some noise.
It's inevitable.
So what do I do?
I'm just kind of like doing this.
Doing this little dance on the strings.
It's just keeping things quiet.
There's this, of course, your palm, that's very quietly _ _ taking care of things.
Anytime your fingers are [E] on and they come off, there's noise.
Any guitar [Em] player knows that.
And so you have to have this coordination [Dm] between_
It goes up. _ _
_ [Gm] _ [G] _ _ I can't do it if [Gb] I'm_
It has to be right.
[A] _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Let's say if there was [G] a move that was_
[D] _ _ _ [Bb] _
[D] So _ [Cm] I'd say, well, okay, first of all, what am I playing?
[B] I'm _ [Gm] playing_
[Bb] _ _ [G] _ _
[F] _ _ [D] Is that what I'm playing there?
[Bb] So I'm playing _ what looks like a G minor arpeggio and [D] then I'm winding up on the_
[B] it's fifth, right?
So you have to be able to see that.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _