Chords for John Lee Hooker "Boom Boom " Guitar Lesson acoustic, Masters of Delta Blues Guitar
Tempo:
130.55 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
Em
B
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] Boom [E] boom boom boom.
[A]
That [Em] I do not hear.
[E] [A]
Hi, [Am] and welcome to Masters of [D] the Delta Blues Guitar [A] with Kevin Duggan.
[Em] [A]
[B] [A]
[Em] [E]
Hi, my name is Kevin Duggan.
This is the Masters of Delta Blues Guitar.
That's a little
John Lee Hooker type riff, which is from Boom Boom Boom,
a song he does, and it's in the key of E.
Again, a typical, you know, 1-4-5 progression.
[A]
E, A, [B] B7.
What I do at [E] the beginning of it is
just hit the E chord, two E notes,
[A] then slide up this.
[E]
[A] [E] So what that is, is you're sliding up from the [Bm] A
to the B, coming down to the D,
sliding back to the A,
[G] [A] and pulling off the string.
[Em] [Bm] Now that's my E note.
[E] [B]
[E]
[Bm] [Em]
[E]
So it's like that.
Sliding up, [Bm]
hitting the D note, sliding [B] back,
and then [Em] pulling off, then getting your
finger on the E note, which is on the fourth string.
[E] Now you're doing this bass thing
on top of it.
[G]
[A] A note, [E]
back to E.
[A] [E]
[Ab] [E]
[D]
[Em] So then,
the next little riff is like this.
You're on the E note again,
on the fourth string.
[D] [Em] D, E,
now you go, so you go on D,
G, third string, [C] then you're on the third string,
you're getting the A sharp, and sliding [A] it back.
[Em]
[D]
[B] So, it'd go like this.
[E] [A]
[Em] [Gm] [E]
Now, [Bb] when you go into the A part,
you're basically doing the exact same thing, [A] except you're using the A string
here,
[B] as your drone note, or whatever you want to call it.
But, with the B, same on the third string.
[E]
But, you're not going up to the E.
[Am] You're on the A [A] note, and you're doing your little
riff up top here.
[Bm] [C]
On the A, which is the C note.
[D]
D, [A] A,
[D] [A]
and then you could do [E] this little,
[A] [E]
which I just went over a minute ago.
So now, the [Bm] same little riff,
[Em]
[G] [B] right into a, I just grabbed a B7,
you know, a B7 chord, which is,
I think everybody would know it, I hope, it's the
E, A, [Eb] D sharp.
[B]
Grab it like that,
then, right into an A,
and I'm just, I'm leaving, this is kind of an A7, [A] I guess.
So, you're having this middle open G.
You're having this G open.
And then I reach down with the G string,
which was formally open, grab the A,
[Em] [A]
[B] [E]
[G] [E] [A] [E]
[A]
[C] [D] [G] so it'd be something like that.
Then you can [Bm] always throw things in,
like, [Em] [G] [E]
[Bm]
[Em] [G] [Em]
[E] [G]
[Bm] [Am] [A]
you know, where you'd be like improvising,
or whatever.
You could go, you know, wherever you wanted [G] to
on the note.
So you're, you know,
[Eb]
it's almost like Jimi Hendrix,
[B] [Em]
[E]
you know, something like that, which is kind of going off
on a tangent, but, [B] so what you're doing
is, you know, that's a real handy thing in blues, [Em] this.
[Bb] [A]
[Am]
[Em] [B]
[Em] So, that's John Lee
Hooker's,
that's John Lee Hooker's Boom Boom,
which is an E, A, B7.
And like I said, there's plenty of, you know, you could improvise on it and draw all kinds
of your own notes in if you wanted to, and, you know, you could do the bass,
[A] [Em] you know, grab the E and the B,
and the E,
[A] [Em] [A]
[D]
[A] [E]
[Cm] like that,
or [Bb] something like that.
But, that's the end of this lesson,
and that was John Lee Hooker's Boom
Boom Boom, and the key of E.
[A]
That [Em] I do not hear.
[E] [A]
Hi, [Am] and welcome to Masters of [D] the Delta Blues Guitar [A] with Kevin Duggan.
[Em] [A]
[B] [A]
[Em] [E]
Hi, my name is Kevin Duggan.
This is the Masters of Delta Blues Guitar.
That's a little
John Lee Hooker type riff, which is from Boom Boom Boom,
a song he does, and it's in the key of E.
Again, a typical, you know, 1-4-5 progression.
[A]
E, A, [B] B7.
What I do at [E] the beginning of it is
just hit the E chord, two E notes,
[A] then slide up this.
[E]
[A] [E] So what that is, is you're sliding up from the [Bm] A
to the B, coming down to the D,
sliding back to the A,
[G] [A] and pulling off the string.
[Em] [Bm] Now that's my E note.
[E] [B]
[E]
[Bm] [Em]
[E]
So it's like that.
Sliding up, [Bm]
hitting the D note, sliding [B] back,
and then [Em] pulling off, then getting your
finger on the E note, which is on the fourth string.
[E] Now you're doing this bass thing
on top of it.
[G]
[A] A note, [E]
back to E.
[A] [E]
[Ab] [E]
[D]
[Em] So then,
the next little riff is like this.
You're on the E note again,
on the fourth string.
[D] [Em] D, E,
now you go, so you go on D,
G, third string, [C] then you're on the third string,
you're getting the A sharp, and sliding [A] it back.
[Em]
[D]
[B] So, it'd go like this.
[E] [A]
[Em] [Gm] [E]
Now, [Bb] when you go into the A part,
you're basically doing the exact same thing, [A] except you're using the A string
here,
[B] as your drone note, or whatever you want to call it.
But, with the B, same on the third string.
[E]
But, you're not going up to the E.
[Am] You're on the A [A] note, and you're doing your little
riff up top here.
[Bm] [C]
On the A, which is the C note.
[D]
D, [A] A,
[D] [A]
and then you could do [E] this little,
[A] [E]
which I just went over a minute ago.
So now, the [Bm] same little riff,
[Em]
[G] [B] right into a, I just grabbed a B7,
you know, a B7 chord, which is,
I think everybody would know it, I hope, it's the
E, A, [Eb] D sharp.
[B]
Grab it like that,
then, right into an A,
and I'm just, I'm leaving, this is kind of an A7, [A] I guess.
So, you're having this middle open G.
You're having this G open.
And then I reach down with the G string,
which was formally open, grab the A,
[Em] [A]
[B] [E]
[G] [E] [A] [E]
[A]
[C] [D] [G] so it'd be something like that.
Then you can [Bm] always throw things in,
like, [Em] [G] [E]
[Bm]
[Em] [G] [Em]
[E] [G]
[Bm] [Am] [A]
you know, where you'd be like improvising,
or whatever.
You could go, you know, wherever you wanted [G] to
on the note.
So you're, you know,
[Eb]
it's almost like Jimi Hendrix,
[B] [Em]
[E]
you know, something like that, which is kind of going off
on a tangent, but, [B] so what you're doing
is, you know, that's a real handy thing in blues, [Em] this.
[Bb] [A]
[Am]
[Em] [B]
[Em] So, that's John Lee
Hooker's,
that's John Lee Hooker's Boom Boom,
which is an E, A, B7.
And like I said, there's plenty of, you know, you could improvise on it and draw all kinds
of your own notes in if you wanted to, and, you know, you could do the bass,
[A] [Em] you know, grab the E and the B,
and the E,
[A] [Em] [A]
[D]
[A] [E]
[Cm] like that,
or [Bb] something like that.
But, that's the end of this lesson,
and that was John Lee Hooker's Boom
Boom Boom, and the key of E.
Key:
A
E
Em
B
D
A
E
Em
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] Boom [E] boom boom boom.
_ _ [A]
That [Em] I do not hear.
[E] _ _ _ [A]
Hi, [Am] and welcome to Masters of [D] the Delta Blues Guitar [A] with Kevin Duggan.
[Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
Hi, my name is Kevin Duggan.
This is the Masters of Delta Blues Guitar.
_ That's a little _ _
John Lee Hooker type riff, which is from Boom Boom Boom,
a song he does, and it's in the key of E.
Again, _ a typical, _ you know, 1-4-5 progression.
_ [A] _ _ _ _
E, A, [B] B7. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ What I do at [E] the beginning of it is
just _ hit the E chord, two E notes, _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ then slide up this.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ So what that is, is you're sliding up from the [Bm] A
to the B, coming down to the D, _ _ _ _
sliding back to the A, _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ and pulling off the string.
_ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] Now that's my E note.
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
So it's like that.
Sliding up, [Bm] _ _
hitting the D note, _ sliding [B] back, _
and then [Em] pulling off, _ _ then getting your
_ finger on the E note, which is on the fourth string. _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ Now you're doing this bass thing
on top of it.
_ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ A note, _ [E] _
back to E.
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Em] _ So then,
_ the next little riff is like this.
_ _ _ You're on _ the E note again,
on the fourth string.
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] D, E, _
_ now you go, _ _ _ _ so you go on D,
_ G, third string, _ _ _ [C] then you're on the third string, _
you're getting the A sharp, and sliding [A] it back.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] So, _ it'd go like this.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
[Em] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now, [Bb] when you go into the A part,
you're basically doing the exact same thing, [A] _ _ _ except you're using the A string _ _ _ _ _ _ _
here,
_ [B] as your drone note, or whatever you want to call it.
But, with the B, same on the third string.
_ _ _ _ _ [E]
But, you're not going up to the E.
[Am] _ _ You're on the A [A] note, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and you're doing your little
riff up top here.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C]
On the A, which is the C note.
_ _ [D] _ _
D, [A] A,
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
and then you could do [E] this little,
[A] _ _ [E] _ _
which I just went over a minute ago. _ _ _
_ So now, the [Bm] same little riff,
_ [Em] _
[G] _ _ [B] right into a, I just grabbed a B7,
_ you know, a B7 chord, which is,
_ _ _ _ I think everybody would know it, I hope, it's the _ _ _ _ _
_ _ E, _ _ A, _ [Eb] _ _ _ D sharp.
[B] _ _
_ Grab it like that, _ _ _ _
_ then, _ _ _ _ _ right into an A,
and I'm just, I'm leaving, this is kind of an A7, [A] I guess. _ _ _ _ _
So, you're having this middle open G.
You're having this G open.
_ _ _ And then I reach down with the G string,
which was formally open, grab the A,
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ [G] so it'd be something like that.
_ Then you can [Bm] always throw things in,
like, _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ you know, where you'd be like improvising,
or whatever.
You could go, _ _ you know, wherever you wanted [G] to
on the note.
So you're, _ you know,
[Eb] _
_ _ _ _ it's almost like Jimi Hendrix,
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ you know, something like that, which is kind of going off
on a tangent, but, _ _ [B] _ so what you're doing
is, you know, that's a real handy thing in blues, [Em] this. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ So, that's John Lee _ _ _ _
Hooker's,
_ _ _ that's John Lee Hooker's Boom Boom,
which is an E, A, B7.
And like I said, there's plenty of, you know, you could improvise on it and draw all kinds
of your own notes in if you wanted to, and, you know, you could do the bass, _ _
[A] _ _ [Em] _ you know, grab _ the E and the B,
_ and the E, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] like that,
or [Bb] something like that.
_ _ But, that's the end of this lesson,
and that was John Lee Hooker's Boom
Boom Boom, and the key of E. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A]
That [Em] I do not hear.
[E] _ _ _ [A]
Hi, [Am] and welcome to Masters of [D] the Delta Blues Guitar [A] with Kevin Duggan.
[Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
Hi, my name is Kevin Duggan.
This is the Masters of Delta Blues Guitar.
_ That's a little _ _
John Lee Hooker type riff, which is from Boom Boom Boom,
a song he does, and it's in the key of E.
Again, _ a typical, _ you know, 1-4-5 progression.
_ [A] _ _ _ _
E, A, [B] B7. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ What I do at [E] the beginning of it is
just _ hit the E chord, two E notes, _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ then slide up this.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ So what that is, is you're sliding up from the [Bm] A
to the B, coming down to the D, _ _ _ _
sliding back to the A, _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ and pulling off the string.
_ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] Now that's my E note.
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
So it's like that.
Sliding up, [Bm] _ _
hitting the D note, _ sliding [B] back, _
and then [Em] pulling off, _ _ then getting your
_ finger on the E note, which is on the fourth string. _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ Now you're doing this bass thing
on top of it.
_ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ A note, _ [E] _
back to E.
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Em] _ So then,
_ the next little riff is like this.
_ _ _ You're on _ the E note again,
on the fourth string.
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] D, E, _
_ now you go, _ _ _ _ so you go on D,
_ G, third string, _ _ _ [C] then you're on the third string, _
you're getting the A sharp, and sliding [A] it back.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] So, _ it'd go like this.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
[Em] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now, [Bb] when you go into the A part,
you're basically doing the exact same thing, [A] _ _ _ except you're using the A string _ _ _ _ _ _ _
here,
_ [B] as your drone note, or whatever you want to call it.
But, with the B, same on the third string.
_ _ _ _ _ [E]
But, you're not going up to the E.
[Am] _ _ You're on the A [A] note, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and you're doing your little
riff up top here.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C]
On the A, which is the C note.
_ _ [D] _ _
D, [A] A,
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
and then you could do [E] this little,
[A] _ _ [E] _ _
which I just went over a minute ago. _ _ _
_ So now, the [Bm] same little riff,
_ [Em] _
[G] _ _ [B] right into a, I just grabbed a B7,
_ you know, a B7 chord, which is,
_ _ _ _ I think everybody would know it, I hope, it's the _ _ _ _ _
_ _ E, _ _ A, _ [Eb] _ _ _ D sharp.
[B] _ _
_ Grab it like that, _ _ _ _
_ then, _ _ _ _ _ right into an A,
and I'm just, I'm leaving, this is kind of an A7, [A] I guess. _ _ _ _ _
So, you're having this middle open G.
You're having this G open.
_ _ _ And then I reach down with the G string,
which was formally open, grab the A,
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ [G] so it'd be something like that.
_ Then you can [Bm] always throw things in,
like, _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ you know, where you'd be like improvising,
or whatever.
You could go, _ _ you know, wherever you wanted [G] to
on the note.
So you're, _ you know,
[Eb] _
_ _ _ _ it's almost like Jimi Hendrix,
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ you know, something like that, which is kind of going off
on a tangent, but, _ _ [B] _ so what you're doing
is, you know, that's a real handy thing in blues, [Em] this. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ So, that's John Lee _ _ _ _
Hooker's,
_ _ _ that's John Lee Hooker's Boom Boom,
which is an E, A, B7.
And like I said, there's plenty of, you know, you could improvise on it and draw all kinds
of your own notes in if you wanted to, and, you know, you could do the bass, _ _
[A] _ _ [Em] _ you know, grab _ the E and the B,
_ and the E, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] like that,
or [Bb] something like that.
_ _ But, that's the end of this lesson,
and that was John Lee Hooker's Boom
Boom Boom, and the key of E. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _