Chords for Kula Shaker Hush Guitar Tutorial
Tempo:
117.7 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
C
Ab
Db
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
Hush by Koola Shaker.
chord
We've got [Gb] a lot of scratching going on in this song.
So you're not actually hearing the chord
[N] So to do that all we're going to do is play the [C] chord
that
But we're not actually pushing the [C] strings down
So practice that technique if you're not already okay with that.
chord
We've got [Gb] a lot of scratching going on in this song.
So you're not actually hearing the chord
[N] So to do that all we're going to do is play the [C] chord
that
But we're not actually pushing the [C] strings down
So practice that technique if you're not already okay with that.
100% ➙ 118BPM
Eb
C
Ab
Db
Bb
Eb
C
Ab
_ Hush by Koola Shaker.
So we start with a C chord _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ We've got [Gb] a lot of scratching going on in this song.
So by scratching I mean this sound _
So you're not actually hearing the chord
_ [Dbm] _ _
_ [N] _ So to do that all we're going to do is play the [C] chord
I'm going to take the pressure off the [G] neck so that
We're still on the strings _ _ _
But we're not actually pushing the [C] strings down
_ [Gb] _ _ _
So practice that technique if you're not already okay with that.
So [C] let's go back so _ _ _ _
And then we come down to a B flat chord _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ [C] Literally just for one [C]
strum. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [C] _ [N] That's the intro.
So again in the intro we've got the other [Bb] guitar.
So we play this
_ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] So more scratching.
We've got this chord here.
So we've got
[D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Db] _ [C] _ _ [Ab] This is a C7 [Eb] with a sharp 9. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ So again, we just play that down and then we're going to do the scratching
Chorus chords which are [Ab] G sharp or A flat
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] _ And _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ then you're back up to that C7 sharp 9.
[F] So those chords again [Ab] A flat, [Eb] B flat, [Ab] B [Bb] flat [F] and F _
[Eb] _ Now over those chords if you've got two guitar [Db] players
You [Dbm] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ can stick something like that in there as well, which is just a unison bend on C
_ _ B flat _ _
D
_ And then back to [Ab] C _ _
[Gb] _ _ So in verse one, you just have a C chord.
So [E] you're going to be doing plenty of scratching and then hitting the C _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ Second verse we have keep scratching again throughout the verse.
So we're going [C] to go [Dbm] C
_ _ [F] F, [Bb] B flat.
[C] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ So again, [C] that's C, _
_ [Db] _ _ _ B flat [N]
and then at the end of the verse we go into
[C] _ _ It's [Gb] a C7 [C] sharp 9 chord again
_ [D] _
So lots of different ways you can play it.
[Dbm] _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[Cm] _ [Abm] This is the C7.
You put your [Eb] little finger down here
_ _ [Cm] _ _ Or [Dbm] you can put it up here.
_ _ [Gb] So the other guitar while you're playing that is going to [F] play
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ So it's in a unison bend on E flat
_ _ [D] G _ _
C and E flat
_ So
And _ [Db] a _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
unison bend is just where you're bending one note up to the other so [Ab] you hold the C [Gb] and bend this B flat
[C] So _ _ _ [Bb]
it sounds like one [C] note and _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[E] the notes you're bending there [Eb] are _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ So the last chorus in the song is a double length one, but you don't double the chorus you double [Ab] each chord
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[E] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ So you have [Ab] a couple of standard length choruses [Ab] and [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] then you go into
[B] The final chorus [Ab] which is
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Gb] And then finish on a C chord.
So the [Dbm] first chord, [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [N] _ _
_ so bending up here on the [G] 11th
_ _ [Gb] and then releasing
[C] _ _ _
[Gm] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] And then 8 on the G string
[Ab] And _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ then playing these two notes [F] on the 8th fret _ _
_ _ _ so 8 and 8, 10 and 11 and _ then bending here [N] _ _ _ _ on the _
_ [Db] 18th, _ 3 bend and _ [Ab] then bend on the 18th on the E string.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ So the second solo
_ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Eb] So pre bend _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Db] Play that twice [Ab] then we're going to go [C] 10, 8, and
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
So we start with a C chord _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ We've got [Gb] a lot of scratching going on in this song.
So by scratching I mean this sound _
So you're not actually hearing the chord
_ [Dbm] _ _
_ [N] _ So to do that all we're going to do is play the [C] chord
I'm going to take the pressure off the [G] neck so that
We're still on the strings _ _ _
But we're not actually pushing the [C] strings down
_ [Gb] _ _ _
So practice that technique if you're not already okay with that.
So [C] let's go back so _ _ _ _
And then we come down to a B flat chord _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ [C] Literally just for one [C]
strum. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [C] _ [N] That's the intro.
So again in the intro we've got the other [Bb] guitar.
So we play this
_ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] So more scratching.
We've got this chord here.
So we've got
[D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Db] _ [C] _ _ [Ab] This is a C7 [Eb] with a sharp 9. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ So again, we just play that down and then we're going to do the scratching
Chorus chords which are [Ab] G sharp or A flat
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] _ And _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ then you're back up to that C7 sharp 9.
[F] So those chords again [Ab] A flat, [Eb] B flat, [Ab] B [Bb] flat [F] and F _
[Eb] _ Now over those chords if you've got two guitar [Db] players
You [Dbm] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ can stick something like that in there as well, which is just a unison bend on C
_ _ B flat _ _
D
_ And then back to [Ab] C _ _
[Gb] _ _ So in verse one, you just have a C chord.
So [E] you're going to be doing plenty of scratching and then hitting the C _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ Second verse we have keep scratching again throughout the verse.
So we're going [C] to go [Dbm] C
_ _ [F] F, [Bb] B flat.
[C] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ So again, [C] that's C, _
_ [Db] _ _ _ B flat [N]
and then at the end of the verse we go into
[C] _ _ It's [Gb] a C7 [C] sharp 9 chord again
_ [D] _
So lots of different ways you can play it.
[Dbm] _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[Cm] _ [Abm] This is the C7.
You put your [Eb] little finger down here
_ _ [Cm] _ _ Or [Dbm] you can put it up here.
_ _ [Gb] So the other guitar while you're playing that is going to [F] play
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ So it's in a unison bend on E flat
_ _ [D] G _ _
C and E flat
_ So
And _ [Db] a _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
unison bend is just where you're bending one note up to the other so [Ab] you hold the C [Gb] and bend this B flat
[C] So _ _ _ [Bb]
it sounds like one [C] note and _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[E] the notes you're bending there [Eb] are _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ So the last chorus in the song is a double length one, but you don't double the chorus you double [Ab] each chord
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[E] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ So you have [Ab] a couple of standard length choruses [Ab] and [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] then you go into
[B] The final chorus [Ab] which is
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Gb] And then finish on a C chord.
So the [Dbm] first chord, [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [N] _ _
_ so bending up here on the [G] 11th
_ _ [Gb] and then releasing
[C] _ _ _
[Gm] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] And then 8 on the G string
[Ab] And _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ then playing these two notes [F] on the 8th fret _ _
_ _ _ so 8 and 8, 10 and 11 and _ then bending here [N] _ _ _ _ on the _
_ [Db] 18th, _ 3 bend and _ [Ab] then bend on the 18th on the E string.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ So the second solo
_ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Eb] So pre bend _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Db] Play that twice [Ab] then we're going to go [C] 10, 8, and
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _