Chords for Man of Constant Sorrow - Country Lesson, Bluegrass Chords - Easy 3 Chord Songs

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Hey, what's up [Bm] you guys?
[Em] Marty Schwartz here from [A#] GuitarGems.com bringing you a bluegrass traditional style progression
for you guys with a couple cool little tricks.
But basically it's three easy chords _ with some tricks.
So we'll have fun doing it.
Also if you're trying to get going with guitar and strumming can be that first obstacle.
My buddy Tim Pierce, you know, famous LA session guitar player put together an awesome beginner
[Em] country strum.
It's a great lesson.
It's almost a half hour long.
I got a link for it down there and I think it'll really help the beginners out [F#] there.
But let's zoom in and break this [G] one down right now.
Here we go.
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So basic rhythm down, down, [C] up, down, down, up, down, [Em] down, up, down, [A#] down, up, down,
down, [E] down, up, down, down, _ down, up, down, _ down, down, up, [F] down.
Now obviously you can do [G] more than that but that's a good start.
So check it [D] out.
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Then a turnaround.
You can [G] always back [A] to A, _ _ _ back [D] to D.
When you want to end it, you do it again.
Then [A] A, _ _ _ then back [D] to D.
_ _ _ [Bm] So now check this out.
The [D] D.
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_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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With the [Bm] rhythm and a little _
_ [D] pizzazz. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [E] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
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[A#] So there's – it's kind of like the bluegrass scale really.
It's like the major pentatonic with the blues note in it.
[Em] So when it goes to the [A] A, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] you can just run up that scale and it looks like [F] this.
There's two different [A] options.
One, _ you got the A chord.
_ [C] Then you're just going to go right here [C#] _ which [Am] _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [A#] would be three, four.
_ And then you're still [E] holding the chord. _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [E] So two, four, [A] two. _
The two up top or a whole chord.
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[A] _ _ [D] So check it out. _ _ _
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[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ The other option is [A] the open A [B] and then two, [C] three, [F]
four, _ [E] two, [A] four, top,
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_ _ _ which I think _ [F]
I heard Tony Rice do it that way.
_ Check out Tony Rice if you don't know _ bluegrass.
That's the guy to check [A] out. _ _ _ _
So [B] _ [C] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
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[G] _ open [F#] G, fourth fret on the [D] D, D chord.
That's just [A] the vocal melody.
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_ _ [Bm] _ [Am] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ And _ _ _
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_ [F#] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
then that's [B] the [F] classic little turnaround lick there.
[F#] _ _
[F] _ _ [D] _ _ And so it's hammering from three to four [D#] on the D string.
[F#] _ _ _
But then we [F] want the index on the second fret of the G planted.
[F#m] _ _ [F] _ See [F#m] that? _ _
_ _ [Em] So if they ring out [F] together, I think that's a little more traditional sound.
_ _ [Dm] _ But then what we got to do, [F#m] _ _ [F] _ _ we're going to roll that index back over
because we're going to do a pull off from three [D] to zero on the D [Bm] string. _
_ [D] _ We do a D chord so it [F] looks like this.
_ _ Oh, sorry.
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[Bm] All right, there it was.
Thanks for hanging out.
I really appreciate it.
Hope to see you guys again real soon.
Oh, my buddy Tim Pierce got that lesson down there.
That's it.
[F] We'll see you again real soon. _ _ _
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