Chords for Robben Ford Guitar Lesson - Earthquake (Workshop) - TrueFire

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_ _ _ Okay, let me play this thing for you.
_ _ The one before it is called Earthquake. _ _ _ _
I refer to this as kind of a _ _ _ black [B] comedy. _ _
Some people don't realize I mean this somewhat tongue-in-cheek, _ _ Earthquake. _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And it's just a bunch of seventh chords. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ It begins _ with _ 13th chords, but again, _ _ that's just a seventh chord with a 13th in it, right?
So the song starts like this.
_ The first bar is that _ one, two, no. _
[A] _ _ _ _ Second [Am] state, _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] letter [Em] A, _ _ _ _
[A] _ A7.
_ _ _ [G] I've traveled _ miles [Em] _ _ to [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ find [Em] you waiting, _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ waiting [Bbm] for _ someone _ _ [Dm] I've never _ [D] been.
_ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] Angry _ _ _ eyes, _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ hooks [Em] and _ baitings, _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ and _ _ [Eb] accusations _ of drinking [D] _
[Am] gin. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ Who could [G] _
stand _ against these _ [A] _
odds?
You notice my voicing, chord voicing, is [F] not even changing.
Who [G] could stand against [A] these _ odds?
_ _ _ [Bbm] No _ _ _ one [Am] I _ know _ _ could _ [Ab] _ _
win, place, [G] or show [Fm] _ [E] against _ _ you. _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] Dishes are done, after a big solo. _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ The TV [Em] _ _ chatters, _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ words [Bbm] still banging inside my [Am] head. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ Wait for [Em] the sun _ to _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ further [E] matters.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ My buttons [Bbm] are pushed, and I just see [Am] _
_ red.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ You're [G] the _ taker of the [A] _ _ _
_ cake.
_ _ [Bb] The one who fools [Am] does _ make.
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] My own _ [G] private _ LA [F] _ _ [E] earthquake. _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] That's basically the song.
_ It's [D] just a bunch of seventh chords, you know.
_ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] A7, G7, [F] _
F7, [G] E minor 7, [D] _
_ D minor [G] 7, E flat 7, _ _ _ D7. _ _
_ [G] So the only chords that aren't just straight up seventh chords
are the E [D] minor and D minor. _ _ _
You know, _ [F] _ _ [G] F, [A] G, A flat, [Bb] _ B flat, _ _ _ A.
[Ab] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ So I was proud of this song. _
This is one of those things.
It's like it started, you know, I just kind of had [G] this.
_ [Bb] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ I came up with this thing.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
That's basically from a Miles Davis record.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ I just heard a bass player play something kind of [B] like that.
I just always liked that.
_ _ _ So I copped it.
_ _ So dig, this [Bb] thing.
[E] La, [A] da, _ da, _ [Gbm] _ la, [Fm] la, la, [B] la, [C] la, la, la.
That's very deliberate, you know.
_ It's [G] virtually [Ab] the same chords.
[Bb] _ But _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ the chord [Gb] voicings, you know, give it a melody. _ _
[A] La, da, da, _ _ la, [Bb] la, la, la, [C] la, la.
It's got a lift to it, right?
It keeps going up.
So [Em] a little more tension because of that, right?
_ I'm playing _ seventh chords. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ And I only have seventh chords written on here.
[Em] _ G7, but I'm playing _ G13, _
[Dm] _ _ _ F13. _ _ _
[Em] _ _ I like that.
Just that release from these _ [G] hard chords.
[A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
To find you [E] _ [Em] waiting. _
_ _ To me, just a whole different mood right [D] there, you know. _ _ _ _
La, [Bbm] da, da, da, do, do, da, [Am] da, _ da. _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ Angry eyes, [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Em] hooks and baiting, _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ and [Bbm] _
accusations [D] of Drake and Jim. _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ Who [G] could stand [A] against these _ _ odds?
[Bbm] No _ [Bb] _ _ one [Am] I know.
I really like that too. _ _
_ [Bb] Giving myself all kinds of pats on the [Am] back here.
_ [A] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
_ La, [Am] da, da, da, da, da, da, da.
I had never heard that before, you know.
_ _ _ [Ab]
Da, da, da, [G] da, da, da, [E] da, da. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ Big band, you know. _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ I think [Gb] like that a lot.
It's one of the reasons I [B] use the [C] treble pickup. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ It's [Ab] brassy to me, you know.
_ Ba, da, da, you know.
I used to be afraid to kind of hit chords like this _ loud.
_ _ _ Because, you know, through the wrong amplifier, they distort.
_ They don't sound good, you know.
A 13, [Gbm] these kind of chords. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ But [G] after I finally got the Dumble _ amplifier,
since then I've learned to be able to do it with other amps
_ [Em] _
to relatively the same effect.
But when I had an amp that could take it, you know,
like really hitting a pretty chord _ [Gm] or a sophisticated chord
and not distort, _ to me it just sounds like a big band.
And that's basically what I was going for anyway, you know.
_ _ _ So [G] when you play, you know, you can have these [Ab] _ concepts
of what it is you're trying to deliver, you know. _ _
[G] You want to affect things in a certain way.
_ Again, you know, _ with _ relatively minimal _ information,
you can _ affect _ things, you