Chords for Reggae Guitar Lesson - Chord Variations by Guitar Legend Steve Golding (Bob Marley/Peter Tosh)

Now, depending on the particular progression that you are playing,
_ you can add some variation.
A lot of instances we add the sixth note,
so we are in the key of G.
On the G chord, you would sometimes [E] add an E.
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [G] _ [N] On the C chord, the sixth note would be an A.
You sometimes [Am] add that note. _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Em] _ [Bm] _ [D] _ _
[C] On the five, usually you add [D] the seventh.
[C] _ _ _
[F] On the D, the seventh note, [B] the dominant seventh, would be [C] a C.
_ So the progression could sound like this.
[Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Em] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Em] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
Still working in the key of G,
only this time we are moving from the fifth, which is the D,
_ _ to [Em] an E minor. _
_ _ _ We are going to also change inversions.
So we will be playing this [D] D, _ _ _ as well as this D. _ _ _
_ _ We are playing this D, _ _ _ _ as well as this D. _ _
_ [Em] We will be playing E minor here, which is like a G sixth.
_ G with the sixth added.
So we will be playing this E minor, _ _ _ as well as this E minor. _ _ _ _
[D] This is to show you some of the variations that can happen
when a minor chord is in the progression, as well.
So we are moving from _ _ _ _ D_
_ [Em] to an E minor. _
_ _ _ _ _ So _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ the variation _ _ [Bm] on the D chord is adding the sixth note, which is a B.
_ _ _ [D] _ _
_ And on the E minor chord, it is adding the seventh note, which is [G] a D. _ _ _
_ _ So you get [D] that sound. _ _ _
_ _ [Em] So _ _ _ _ [D] you _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] hear_ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] And _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ of course you can drop those little embellishments whenever you feel like.
So then, _ _ _ for persons who are able to,
you can hold the D chord like this, with the third finger
holding the A, the D, and the F sharp.
And then just allow it to come down, to hold the B here.
Or you can do it the way I just did, by holding the D this way.
You can hold all six strings like that, but basic four-string chords. _
Holding the D like this, and then allowing the little finger, the fourth finger,
to come down and play the B.