Chords for Learn How to Play Stormy Monday in the Style of The Allman Brothers - Blues Guitar Lesson

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[Am] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ [D] _
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_ _ _ How's it going [G] guys?
This is John McLennan and I'm here with BluesGuitar.com [N] bringing you this video blog.
Thanks so much for tuning in.
We've got a slow blues we're going through today and this is Stormy Monday.
_ The version that I was playing was just the Allman Brothers version but T-Bone Walker
is the original writer of that song and this riff exemplifies some real nice slow blues rhythm playing.
So let's dive in.
We're in the key of G and I'm using my thumb to play this root note here.
I play that [G] twice _ and then _ [Dm] I take [A] these three notes which are [F] F, [Dm] A, and D and that's the
third fret, second fret, third fret and I slide that up a whole [Em] step _ and then I [Dm] bring
it back _ and that's [B] basically [G] kind of a [Dm] G9 chord here _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ and that's kind of the basic idea.
You can apply that same [C] thing over the C.
Just move the figure up to the eighth fret. _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ And [B] then if you want you can do it on [D] D. _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [B] That's one of the Allman Brothers moves is they'll
[G] play the chord _ _ [Em] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ and [G] what that is is basically just moving [D] that G9 chord [Ebm] up to a G sharp
[B] 9 for a second there.
It just [Ab] kind of pauses above [G] because you hear that [Ab] all the time like in T-Bone Walker's
playing [Ebm] and _ [Dm] _ just to start off a blues [Ab] or whatever it's the above the tonic, a half
step above and then [Dm] _ you know where [Gb] it could be the other way.
_ [G] _ That [B] kind of thing.
So [G] let's see if we can try it together.
I'll simplify down what I played to just using three chords.
G, _ C, and D and I'll just move that riff around.
So see if you can play along with me.
Here we go.
So one, [B] two, three, [G] four.
_ _ [E] _ _ Up to C.
_ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[D] _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] C.
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ And then [E] take it up to D.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [E] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ So there it [B] is kind of just at its simplest form.
So be sure to click the link below for the tab and we'll see you in the next video lesson.
Thanks for tuning in.
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