Chords for Over The Rainbow by Eric Clapton - Guitar Lesson Preview
Tempo:
100.975 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
A
C#
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E] [C#] [F#m]
[B] [F#m] [E] [C#] [Bm]
[A] [Em] [A] [E] [C#]
[F#m] [Em] [B] [E]
[Em] This is an example of a [B] vamp that is used as a little intro, outro, can be used in thousands of songs.
And the reason I brought it up today is because we're gonna take a look at Over the Rainbow.
Pretty much the way Eric Clapton did it in a live version where he's kind of strumming his jazzy chords.
And this really came about because a couple days ago a friend of mine asked me about putting together
he'd been working on it, In the Key of E.
And I thought, oh I gotta put together a little
jazzy arrangement in E.
And then I remembered, wait a minute, Clapton has a jazzy [Em] arrangement in E.
So I went and checked it out and this lesson is gonna be
90 to 95 percent of the way Eric played it.
We're not going to talk about the leads at all.
We're just going to talk about the progression.
And it uses a lot of chords, but only a couple of different [A] kinds.
We're gonna have a few [E] unusual things.
[A] We're gonna see some augmented chords, [D#] major 7s, some dominant 7s, [C#] some dominant 9ths,
[A] some minor 7ths,
[A#] maybe even some minor [Em] 7 flat 5s.
In fact, we're gonna see all of those.
Now that I think about it.
So,
and anything else?
[B] Maybe an [A] 11th.
[E]
Got it?
Anyway, coming up first we'll talk about the chords,
but the big thing you got to be able to do is that little vamp.
E major to C [C#] sharp 9
[G#m] to [F#m] F sharp minor 7 to [B] B9.
[F#m]
So F sharp minor 7 will be chord 2 in the [B] key of E and B9 will be chord 5.
So it's our dominant
9th chord.
[G] [E] And the only other chord in there in that little vamp is [C#] C sharp 9, which is acting as a dominant chord, chord 5,
to the F sharp minor 7 that's [A] coming up.
[G#m] So we've got a 5 [C#] of 2
[N] here.
And we're gonna see a lot of that.
2s and 5s in
just kind of working their way in a little musical cycle.
[E] So [N]
first we'll look at the chords,
then we'll just talk about the progression.
Relatively short lesson and should be really fun if you can play some bar chords and the
mysterious or elusive [D#] 9th chord.
We're gonna see all that over the rainbow.
The first thing you really gotta
[F#m] kind of have a grip on to play this progression is
minor 7 chords played with the root on the 6th string.
So this would be out of the E minor 7
shape.
And here I'd be a bar at the 2nd playing F sharp minor 7 with my 3rd finger just on the 4th fret.
So we're gonna see this minor 7 chord [G#m] played [Fm] all [G#m] over the place in this song.
Mostly the 2nd, [C#] 4th [A] and
possibly even the 6th fret.
[Bm] We're gonna see minor 7ths out of the A family as well,
which would of course look like this.
Here would be a B minor 7 and of course the root on the A
families is gonna be on the 5th string.
So minor 7ths are really important here.
The other big chord we're gonna [F#m] see,
family of chords, [N] is 9th chords.
Now if you think [B] about B7,
this is a standard open B7 chord.
B, D sharp, A, an [E] open B on the 2nd string and an F sharp on the [B] top.
Well,
to turn this into a [C] 9th chord,
we [B] need to add the C [E] sharp on the 2nd string either with our [B] 4th finger and
restrict us to just playing those 4 notes or
flattening out the 3rd finger across the top 3 [F#m] strings.
This is a really, really useful chord and if you're not yet comfortable with it,
I suggest getting comfortable with it.
[Em] B9, [C#] C9, C sharp [A#m] 9, E flat 9.
The root would [F#m] always be the note on the 5th string.
Now one of the things that Eric does in this is he frequently plays this chord with these two fingers and
what's a lot of times when you do that, you'll use your 4th finger [B] to mute the 1st string.
So it's a little bit dead because I've got it on a little sloppy.
[A] Now, he doesn't always [E] worry about it.
Sometimes he just lets that [B] open string [A] ring on the B9, which would actually give us a chord
we could call B11 if we wanted.
I've got that in the chart, but [C#m] sometimes when he plays it even at C sharp,
you hear the open E ringing.
[C#]
[E] [A] [A#] So you could choose to do [G] that or not as the song goes on.
Now, the other couple shapes that are really important are
[N]
[B] [F#m] [E] [C#] [Bm]
[A] [Em] [A] [E] [C#]
[F#m] [Em] [B] [E]
[Em] This is an example of a [B] vamp that is used as a little intro, outro, can be used in thousands of songs.
And the reason I brought it up today is because we're gonna take a look at Over the Rainbow.
Pretty much the way Eric Clapton did it in a live version where he's kind of strumming his jazzy chords.
And this really came about because a couple days ago a friend of mine asked me about putting together
he'd been working on it, In the Key of E.
And I thought, oh I gotta put together a little
jazzy arrangement in E.
And then I remembered, wait a minute, Clapton has a jazzy [Em] arrangement in E.
So I went and checked it out and this lesson is gonna be
90 to 95 percent of the way Eric played it.
We're not going to talk about the leads at all.
We're just going to talk about the progression.
And it uses a lot of chords, but only a couple of different [A] kinds.
We're gonna have a few [E] unusual things.
[A] We're gonna see some augmented chords, [D#] major 7s, some dominant 7s, [C#] some dominant 9ths,
[A] some minor 7ths,
[A#] maybe even some minor [Em] 7 flat 5s.
In fact, we're gonna see all of those.
Now that I think about it.
So,
and anything else?
[B] Maybe an [A] 11th.
[E]
Got it?
Anyway, coming up first we'll talk about the chords,
but the big thing you got to be able to do is that little vamp.
E major to C [C#] sharp 9
[G#m] to [F#m] F sharp minor 7 to [B] B9.
[F#m]
So F sharp minor 7 will be chord 2 in the [B] key of E and B9 will be chord 5.
So it's our dominant
9th chord.
[G] [E] And the only other chord in there in that little vamp is [C#] C sharp 9, which is acting as a dominant chord, chord 5,
to the F sharp minor 7 that's [A] coming up.
[G#m] So we've got a 5 [C#] of 2
[N] here.
And we're gonna see a lot of that.
2s and 5s in
just kind of working their way in a little musical cycle.
[E] So [N]
first we'll look at the chords,
then we'll just talk about the progression.
Relatively short lesson and should be really fun if you can play some bar chords and the
mysterious or elusive [D#] 9th chord.
We're gonna see all that over the rainbow.
The first thing you really gotta
[F#m] kind of have a grip on to play this progression is
minor 7 chords played with the root on the 6th string.
So this would be out of the E minor 7
shape.
And here I'd be a bar at the 2nd playing F sharp minor 7 with my 3rd finger just on the 4th fret.
So we're gonna see this minor 7 chord [G#m] played [Fm] all [G#m] over the place in this song.
Mostly the 2nd, [C#] 4th [A] and
possibly even the 6th fret.
[Bm] We're gonna see minor 7ths out of the A family as well,
which would of course look like this.
Here would be a B minor 7 and of course the root on the A
families is gonna be on the 5th string.
So minor 7ths are really important here.
The other big chord we're gonna [F#m] see,
family of chords, [N] is 9th chords.
Now if you think [B] about B7,
this is a standard open B7 chord.
B, D sharp, A, an [E] open B on the 2nd string and an F sharp on the [B] top.
Well,
to turn this into a [C] 9th chord,
we [B] need to add the C [E] sharp on the 2nd string either with our [B] 4th finger and
restrict us to just playing those 4 notes or
flattening out the 3rd finger across the top 3 [F#m] strings.
This is a really, really useful chord and if you're not yet comfortable with it,
I suggest getting comfortable with it.
[Em] B9, [C#] C9, C sharp [A#m] 9, E flat 9.
The root would [F#m] always be the note on the 5th string.
Now one of the things that Eric does in this is he frequently plays this chord with these two fingers and
what's a lot of times when you do that, you'll use your 4th finger [B] to mute the 1st string.
So it's a little bit dead because I've got it on a little sloppy.
[A] Now, he doesn't always [E] worry about it.
Sometimes he just lets that [B] open string [A] ring on the B9, which would actually give us a chord
we could call B11 if we wanted.
I've got that in the chart, but [C#m] sometimes when he plays it even at C sharp,
you hear the open E ringing.
[C#]
[E] [A] [A#] So you could choose to do [G] that or not as the song goes on.
Now, the other couple shapes that are really important are
[N]
Key:
E
B
A
C#
F#m
E
B
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[B] _ _ [F#m] _ [E] _ _ _ [C#] _ [Bm] _
_ [A] _ [Em] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [F#m] _ _ [Em] _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ This is an example of a [B] vamp that is used as a little intro, outro, can be used in thousands of songs.
And the reason I brought it up today is because we're gonna take a look at Over the Rainbow.
Pretty much the way Eric Clapton did it in a live version where he's kind of strumming his jazzy chords.
And this really came about because a couple days ago a friend of mine asked me about putting together
he'd been working on it, In the Key of E.
And I thought, oh I gotta put together a little
jazzy arrangement in E.
And then I remembered, wait a minute, Clapton has a jazzy [Em] arrangement in E.
So I went and checked it out and this lesson is gonna be
90 to 95 percent of the way Eric played it.
We're not going to talk about the leads at all.
We're just going to talk about the progression.
And it uses a lot of chords, but only a couple of different [A] kinds.
We're gonna have a few [E] unusual things.
[A] We're gonna see some augmented chords, [D#] major 7s, some dominant 7s, [C#] some dominant 9ths,
[A] some minor 7ths,
[A#] maybe even some minor [Em] 7 flat _ 5s.
In fact, we're gonna see all of those.
Now that I think about it.
So,
and anything else?
[B] Maybe an [A] 11th.
_ [E] _ _
Got it?
Anyway, coming up first we'll talk about the chords,
but the big thing you got to be able to do is that little vamp.
E major to C [C#] sharp 9
[G#m] to [F#m] F sharp minor 7 to [B] B9.
[F#m]
So F sharp minor 7 will be chord 2 in the [B] key of E and B9 will be chord 5.
So it's our dominant
9th chord.
[G] [E] And the only other chord in there in that little vamp is [C#] C sharp 9, which is acting as a dominant chord, chord 5,
to the F sharp minor 7 that's [A] coming up.
[G#m] So we've got a 5 [C#] of 2
[N] here.
And we're gonna see a lot of that.
2s and 5s in
just kind of working their way in a little musical cycle.
[E] So [N]
first we'll look at the chords,
then we'll just talk about the progression.
Relatively short lesson and should be really fun if you can play some bar chords and the
mysterious or elusive [D#] 9th chord.
_ _ We're gonna see all that over the rainbow.
_ _ _ _ _ _ The first thing you really gotta
[F#m] kind of have a grip on to play this progression is
minor 7 chords played with the root on the 6th string.
So this would be out of the E minor 7
_ shape.
And here I'd be a bar at the 2nd playing F sharp minor 7 with my 3rd finger just on the 4th fret.
So we're gonna see this minor 7 chord [G#m] played [Fm] all [G#m] over the place in this song.
Mostly the 2nd, [C#] 4th [A] and
possibly even the 6th fret.
[Bm] We're gonna see minor 7ths out of the A family as well,
which would of course look like this.
Here would be a B minor 7 and of course the root on the A
families is gonna be on the 5th string.
So minor 7ths are really important here.
The other big chord we're gonna [F#m] see,
family of chords, [N] is 9th chords.
Now if you think [B] about B7,
this is a standard open B7 chord.
B, D sharp, A, an [E] open B on the 2nd string and an F sharp on the [B] top.
Well,
to turn this into a [C] 9th chord,
we [B] need to add the C [E] sharp on the 2nd string either with our [B] 4th finger and
restrict us to just playing those 4 notes _ or
flattening out the 3rd finger across the top 3 [F#m] strings.
This is a really, really useful chord and if you're not yet comfortable with it,
I suggest getting comfortable with it.
[Em] B9, [C#] C9, C sharp [A#m] 9, E flat 9.
The root would [F#m] always be the note on the 5th string.
Now one of the things that Eric does in this is he frequently plays this chord with these two fingers and
what's a lot of times when you do that, you'll use your 4th finger [B] to mute the 1st string.
So it's a little bit dead because I've got it on a little sloppy.
[A] Now, he doesn't always [E] worry about it.
Sometimes he just lets that [B] open string [A] ring on the B9, which would actually give us a chord
we could call B11 if we wanted.
I've got that in the chart, but [C#m] sometimes when he plays it even at C sharp,
you hear the open E ringing.
[C#] _
[E] _ _ _ [A] [A#] So you could choose to do [G] that or not as the song goes on.
Now, the other couple shapes that are really important are _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[B] _ _ [F#m] _ [E] _ _ _ [C#] _ [Bm] _
_ [A] _ [Em] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [F#m] _ _ [Em] _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ This is an example of a [B] vamp that is used as a little intro, outro, can be used in thousands of songs.
And the reason I brought it up today is because we're gonna take a look at Over the Rainbow.
Pretty much the way Eric Clapton did it in a live version where he's kind of strumming his jazzy chords.
And this really came about because a couple days ago a friend of mine asked me about putting together
he'd been working on it, In the Key of E.
And I thought, oh I gotta put together a little
jazzy arrangement in E.
And then I remembered, wait a minute, Clapton has a jazzy [Em] arrangement in E.
So I went and checked it out and this lesson is gonna be
90 to 95 percent of the way Eric played it.
We're not going to talk about the leads at all.
We're just going to talk about the progression.
And it uses a lot of chords, but only a couple of different [A] kinds.
We're gonna have a few [E] unusual things.
[A] We're gonna see some augmented chords, [D#] major 7s, some dominant 7s, [C#] some dominant 9ths,
[A] some minor 7ths,
[A#] maybe even some minor [Em] 7 flat _ 5s.
In fact, we're gonna see all of those.
Now that I think about it.
So,
and anything else?
[B] Maybe an [A] 11th.
_ [E] _ _
Got it?
Anyway, coming up first we'll talk about the chords,
but the big thing you got to be able to do is that little vamp.
E major to C [C#] sharp 9
[G#m] to [F#m] F sharp minor 7 to [B] B9.
[F#m]
So F sharp minor 7 will be chord 2 in the [B] key of E and B9 will be chord 5.
So it's our dominant
9th chord.
[G] [E] And the only other chord in there in that little vamp is [C#] C sharp 9, which is acting as a dominant chord, chord 5,
to the F sharp minor 7 that's [A] coming up.
[G#m] So we've got a 5 [C#] of 2
[N] here.
And we're gonna see a lot of that.
2s and 5s in
just kind of working their way in a little musical cycle.
[E] So [N]
first we'll look at the chords,
then we'll just talk about the progression.
Relatively short lesson and should be really fun if you can play some bar chords and the
mysterious or elusive [D#] 9th chord.
_ _ We're gonna see all that over the rainbow.
_ _ _ _ _ _ The first thing you really gotta
[F#m] kind of have a grip on to play this progression is
minor 7 chords played with the root on the 6th string.
So this would be out of the E minor 7
_ shape.
And here I'd be a bar at the 2nd playing F sharp minor 7 with my 3rd finger just on the 4th fret.
So we're gonna see this minor 7 chord [G#m] played [Fm] all [G#m] over the place in this song.
Mostly the 2nd, [C#] 4th [A] and
possibly even the 6th fret.
[Bm] We're gonna see minor 7ths out of the A family as well,
which would of course look like this.
Here would be a B minor 7 and of course the root on the A
families is gonna be on the 5th string.
So minor 7ths are really important here.
The other big chord we're gonna [F#m] see,
family of chords, [N] is 9th chords.
Now if you think [B] about B7,
this is a standard open B7 chord.
B, D sharp, A, an [E] open B on the 2nd string and an F sharp on the [B] top.
Well,
to turn this into a [C] 9th chord,
we [B] need to add the C [E] sharp on the 2nd string either with our [B] 4th finger and
restrict us to just playing those 4 notes _ or
flattening out the 3rd finger across the top 3 [F#m] strings.
This is a really, really useful chord and if you're not yet comfortable with it,
I suggest getting comfortable with it.
[Em] B9, [C#] C9, C sharp [A#m] 9, E flat 9.
The root would [F#m] always be the note on the 5th string.
Now one of the things that Eric does in this is he frequently plays this chord with these two fingers and
what's a lot of times when you do that, you'll use your 4th finger [B] to mute the 1st string.
So it's a little bit dead because I've got it on a little sloppy.
[A] Now, he doesn't always [E] worry about it.
Sometimes he just lets that [B] open string [A] ring on the B9, which would actually give us a chord
we could call B11 if we wanted.
I've got that in the chart, but [C#m] sometimes when he plays it even at C sharp,
you hear the open E ringing.
[C#] _
[E] _ _ _ [A] [A#] So you could choose to do [G] that or not as the song goes on.
Now, the other couple shapes that are really important are _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _