Chords for Miss Celie's blues tutorial intro

_ Hey, so finally got around to trying to make a
_ tutorial for Miss Celia's blues
_ It's only a couple of years late but anyway
[C] So I play Miss Celia's blues start out in the C harmony, and that's pretty much the core the
Center of the tune the tonal center right the [E] key all right, so but I'm gonna do section by section
So we'll do the intro first okay, [Gb] so we've got I'm gonna play it one time through and then we'll break it down
_ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [B] _ Mmm
_ [Gm] _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [C] _ So _ [Ab] that's where the verse would begin so we've got this [E] intro starting with a nice bluesy lick right
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [C] _ _ _ So we're just taking a C [B] triad on the [Em] eighth fret
third [C] the fifth and the root right _ _ _
And it's important that you understand we're gonna hit this C as a pedal point the top [B] notes gonna hit
It's gonna remain static right it's gonna stay there
_ [Am] But this third below it right this third interval below it is what's gonna be moving _
_ [C] _ _ It's just gonna [Am] go right down chromatically [C] _ till we get to this major third, so you've got minor third
_ [Ebm] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] To major third right on the C major right okay, [Abm] and you hit the top note [Am] you can arpeggiate it right _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [C] So
That top note the [Dm] C is staying the same as the [C] third below it is moving _ _
Throw in a little arpeggio _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
And [Gb] then
_ [B] _ _ It goes to the five chord and it's an augmented five okay G [G] augmented
So we've got the G on the 10th fret G
B
[B] _ D sharp G G E [G] sharp G
For the five chords the one [B] the three the [G] sharp five and the one
[B] _
Okay
_ _ so we walked [Gb] up from
_ _ [B] _ _ _ And [E] this spa that's a third of the C.
It's an E.
Okay E
[F] _ _ [Gb] F [G] sharp [B] G
_ _ _ All right that turns around and leads us to the one right
[Ab] So let's look at the chords for the actual intro itself right and this harmonic rhythm is twice as fast
As the verse right the chords [C] change twice as fast so I
_ _ go _
_ [B] _ _ _ [Db] _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [N] Sister so that's the verse where [C] that begins so those changes are just to C major big bar chord on eighth fret _ _
All right [B] B7
It's going down a half step
_ This is this nice little chromatic movement [Gm]
to a G minor
The B flat in the bass right first inversion G minor, and I move this this top voice
_ _ [Bb] _ _ and then [A] it goes right to a
7 right which moves perfect chromatically [Eb] then you can
_ [D] _ There's a D 9 [Eb] right I just threw in a chromatic chord right before it
[D]
Doesn't matter you can go a chromatic chord above chromatic chord below and go up
_ As long as you put the emphasis _ of the harmony you want on the strong beat right if you can be move around with
Chromaticism why that's the beauty of jazz and blues right you have [Gb] to do it the same way every time
[C] All right, so we have the C
[B] _ _
B [Gm] 7
G minor B flat bass [A] a 7
[D] to the D 7 or D 9 [Fm] to a flat 13 which [Ab] perfectly leads [G] chromatically into the
G 13 right so it's the 5 chord of the 1 [A] and I put a little lick and put whatever lick [G] you want
_ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
Sis
[B] _ _ _ _ All right so that leads to the verse okay, so that's the intro
_ We'll do the verse next and hope that makes [C] sense and
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[D] Anyway, hope it's of some benefit and helps you to enjoy the tune because it is a great tune
I've played it for 20 years and every time I play it people freaking love it