Chords for Joe Satriani Guitar Exercise
Tempo:
144.7 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Gm
Dm
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[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]
[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]
Key:
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] _ _