Chords for Roller Coaster - Guitar Lesson and Tutorial - Luke Bryan
Tempo:
108.95 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Eb
Fm
Db
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Roller Coaster is a song sung by Luke Bryan and was written by Cole Swindell and Michael Carter.
The song is in the key of A flat and will capo up to the first fret, so we can use nice key of G [Ab] chords on both the acoustic and the lead guitar.
On the acoustic guitar, we really only have one strum pattern and five chords to get through the whole thing.
Lead guitar players will have a nice accompaniment part through the whole song, and we'll have some fun riffs to learn during the intros and verses.
[Eb]
[Fm]
[Db] [Ab]
[Eb]
[Ab]
[Db]
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Ab]
[Db]
[Bbm]
[Db] [Fm]
[Eb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Fm] The lead guitarist will have a nice lead guitar part, and we'll have some fun riffs to learn during the intro and verses.
[Ab] [Fm] [Db]
[Ab]
[Eb] [Db] [Ab]
[Eb]
[Ab] There's only one strum pattern that we have to learn to get through every section of this song.
So we'll start by learning the intro and verse, then we'll do the chorus, then the bridge, and then the outro.
So let's start with the intro and verse by learning the chords.
The first one is this G chord.
We'll put a capo on the first fret here, and then we have just a standard G chord to start.
[Eb] Then we're going to play a standard D chord.
Then [Fm] we have an E minor 7, [F] which is open low [C] E string, [F] second fret of A, [Ab] second fret of D, [Eb] open G string, [Ab] third fret of B, [Fm] third fret of high E.
Then we [Db] have a C2, which is third fret of A, low E string is muted, [F] second fret of D, [Ab] open G, third fret of B.
So it will look like this.
If we just kind of stay on a G chord for a minute and get this strum pattern down, it'll be down, down, down, down, down, down, down.
One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
So in the first two downstrokes, I'm kind of aiming at the low strings.
On the third downstroke, I'm going a little bit harder, playing all the strings, but especially kind of aiming at these higher strings.
And then the fourth downstroke, just kind of the lower strings again.
So one, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
All right, so let's go over the verse progression.
We're going to play the chords in the order that we just learned them there.
It [F] will look like this.
[Ab] Three, four, one, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
To [Eb] a D.
Three, four, one, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
To [F] the E minor.
[Fm] Three, four, one, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
To the C2.
[Db] One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
Here's the verse.
One, two, three, go.
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Fm]
Alright, there's a number of different fun things going on on the lead [Eb] guitar for this
song and we're going to go through each of them in order that we encounter them in the
song.
And as always, these are all written out as sheet music and as tabs, so you can
kind of follow along with that right beneath the video player.
And I will play through
each one slowly and then we'll go through everything at full tempo at the end of the
tutorial.
So let's start with this intro riff.
It sounds like this.
[Ab]
One and two and three
and four.
So we got [Eb] ring finger, excuse me, eighth fret, actual fret.
We do have a capo
on the first fret, but I'm going to be calling out actual fret numbers when we're up here.
So we've got ring finger, eighth fret of the G string.
[Ab] Pinky finger, ninth fret of B.
[Bb] Pointer
finger on the sixth fret of high E.
[Ab] One and two and three and four.
G string, B string,
G [Ebm] string, E string, [Ab] B string.
Then [Bb] we get to the second verse, which is going to have
a new series of licks to learn that only happens during this verse.
The first one looks
like this.
[Cm] [Bb] [Db] [Eb]
[Fm] All right, so we're kind of in the third [Ab] position diatonic in the key [Eb] of
A flat.
[Fm] [Cm] [Ab]
[Bbm] And so we're going to start here on the, talking actual fret numbers here on the
eighth fret of the D string.
And here's verse two.
One, two, three, go.
[Eb] [Bb] [Ab] [Eb] [Fm]
[Cm] [Fm] [Eb]
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Fm]
One, two, [Db]
three, [Ab]
The song is in the key of A flat and will capo up to the first fret, so we can use nice key of G [Ab] chords on both the acoustic and the lead guitar.
On the acoustic guitar, we really only have one strum pattern and five chords to get through the whole thing.
Lead guitar players will have a nice accompaniment part through the whole song, and we'll have some fun riffs to learn during the intros and verses.
[Eb]
[Fm]
[Db] [Ab]
[Eb]
[Ab]
[Db]
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Ab]
[Db]
[Bbm]
[Db] [Fm]
[Eb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Fm] The lead guitarist will have a nice lead guitar part, and we'll have some fun riffs to learn during the intro and verses.
[Ab] [Fm] [Db]
[Ab]
[Eb] [Db] [Ab]
[Eb]
[Ab] There's only one strum pattern that we have to learn to get through every section of this song.
So we'll start by learning the intro and verse, then we'll do the chorus, then the bridge, and then the outro.
So let's start with the intro and verse by learning the chords.
The first one is this G chord.
We'll put a capo on the first fret here, and then we have just a standard G chord to start.
[Eb] Then we're going to play a standard D chord.
Then [Fm] we have an E minor 7, [F] which is open low [C] E string, [F] second fret of A, [Ab] second fret of D, [Eb] open G string, [Ab] third fret of B, [Fm] third fret of high E.
Then we [Db] have a C2, which is third fret of A, low E string is muted, [F] second fret of D, [Ab] open G, third fret of B.
So it will look like this.
If we just kind of stay on a G chord for a minute and get this strum pattern down, it'll be down, down, down, down, down, down, down.
One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
So in the first two downstrokes, I'm kind of aiming at the low strings.
On the third downstroke, I'm going a little bit harder, playing all the strings, but especially kind of aiming at these higher strings.
And then the fourth downstroke, just kind of the lower strings again.
So one, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
All right, so let's go over the verse progression.
We're going to play the chords in the order that we just learned them there.
It [F] will look like this.
[Ab] Three, four, one, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
To [Eb] a D.
Three, four, one, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
To [F] the E minor.
[Fm] Three, four, one, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
To the C2.
[Db] One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
Here's the verse.
One, two, three, go.
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Fm]
Alright, there's a number of different fun things going on on the lead [Eb] guitar for this
song and we're going to go through each of them in order that we encounter them in the
song.
And as always, these are all written out as sheet music and as tabs, so you can
kind of follow along with that right beneath the video player.
And I will play through
each one slowly and then we'll go through everything at full tempo at the end of the
tutorial.
So let's start with this intro riff.
It sounds like this.
[Ab]
One and two and three
and four.
So we got [Eb] ring finger, excuse me, eighth fret, actual fret.
We do have a capo
on the first fret, but I'm going to be calling out actual fret numbers when we're up here.
So we've got ring finger, eighth fret of the G string.
[Ab] Pinky finger, ninth fret of B.
[Bb] Pointer
finger on the sixth fret of high E.
[Ab] One and two and three and four.
G string, B string,
G [Ebm] string, E string, [Ab] B string.
Then [Bb] we get to the second verse, which is going to have
a new series of licks to learn that only happens during this verse.
The first one looks
like this.
[Cm] [Bb] [Db] [Eb]
[Fm] All right, so we're kind of in the third [Ab] position diatonic in the key [Eb] of
A flat.
[Fm] [Cm] [Ab]
[Bbm] And so we're going to start here on the, talking actual fret numbers here on the
eighth fret of the D string.
And here's verse two.
One, two, three, go.
[Eb] [Bb] [Ab] [Eb] [Fm]
[Cm] [Fm] [Eb]
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Fm]
One, two, [Db]
three, [Ab]
Key:
Ab
Eb
Fm
Db
F
Ab
Eb
Fm
_ Roller Coaster is a song sung by Luke Bryan and was written by Cole Swindell and Michael Carter.
The song is in the key of A flat and will capo up to the first fret, so we can use nice key of G [Ab] chords on both the acoustic and the lead guitar.
On the acoustic guitar, we really only have one strum pattern and five chords to get through the whole thing.
Lead guitar players will have a nice accompaniment part through the whole song, and we'll have some fun riffs to learn during the intros and verses. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Fm] The lead guitarist will have a nice lead guitar part, and we'll have some fun riffs to learn during the intro and verses. _ _ _
[Ab] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ There's only one strum pattern that we have to learn to get through every section of this song.
So we'll start by learning the intro and verse, then we'll do the chorus, then the bridge, and then the outro.
So let's start with the intro and verse by learning the chords.
The first one is this G chord.
We'll put a capo on the first fret here, and then we have just a standard G chord to start.
[Eb] Then we're going to play a standard D chord. _ _
Then [Fm] we have an E minor 7, _ [F] which is open low [C] E string, [F] second fret of A, [Ab] second fret of D, [Eb] open G string, [Ab] third fret of B, [Fm] third fret of high E. _
Then we [Db] have a C2, _ which is third fret of A, low E string is muted, [F] second fret of D, [Ab] open G, third fret of B.
So it will look like this.
If we just kind of stay on a G chord for a minute and get this strum pattern down, it'll be down, down, down, down, down, down, down.
One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
So in the first two downstrokes, I'm kind of aiming at the low strings.
On the third downstroke, I'm going a little bit harder, playing all the strings, but especially kind of aiming at these higher strings.
And then the fourth downstroke, just kind of the lower strings again.
So one, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
_ All right, so let's go over the verse progression.
We're going to play the chords in the order that we just learned them there.
It [F] will look like this.
[Ab] _ Three, four, one, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
To [Eb] a D.
Three, four, one, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
To [F] the E minor.
[Fm] Three, four, one, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
To the C2.
[Db] One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
Here's the verse.
_ _ One, two, three, go.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Alright, there's a number of different fun things going on on the lead [Eb] guitar for this
song and we're going to go through each of them in order that we encounter them in the
song.
And as always, these are all written out as sheet music and as tabs, so you can
kind of follow along with that right beneath the video player.
And I will play through
each one slowly and then we'll go through everything at full tempo at the end of the
tutorial.
So let's start with this intro riff.
It sounds like this.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ One and two and three
and four. _
So we got [Eb] ring finger, excuse me, eighth fret, actual fret.
We do have a capo
on the first fret, but I'm going to be calling out actual fret numbers when we're up here.
So we've got ring finger, eighth fret of the G string.
[Ab] Pinky finger, ninth fret of B.
[Bb] Pointer
finger on the sixth fret of high E.
[Ab] One and two and three and four.
_ G string, B string,
G [Ebm] string, E string, [Ab] B string. _
_ _ Then [Bb] we get to the second verse, which is going to have
a new series of licks to learn that only happens during this verse.
The first one looks
like this.
[Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Db] _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ All right, so we're kind of in the third [Ab] position diatonic in the key [Eb] of
A flat. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Bbm] And so we're going to start here on the, talking actual fret numbers here on the
eighth fret of the D string.
And here's verse two.
_ One, two, three, go. _
_ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ _ One, two, [Db] _ _ _
three, _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
The song is in the key of A flat and will capo up to the first fret, so we can use nice key of G [Ab] chords on both the acoustic and the lead guitar.
On the acoustic guitar, we really only have one strum pattern and five chords to get through the whole thing.
Lead guitar players will have a nice accompaniment part through the whole song, and we'll have some fun riffs to learn during the intros and verses. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Fm] The lead guitarist will have a nice lead guitar part, and we'll have some fun riffs to learn during the intro and verses. _ _ _
[Ab] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ There's only one strum pattern that we have to learn to get through every section of this song.
So we'll start by learning the intro and verse, then we'll do the chorus, then the bridge, and then the outro.
So let's start with the intro and verse by learning the chords.
The first one is this G chord.
We'll put a capo on the first fret here, and then we have just a standard G chord to start.
[Eb] Then we're going to play a standard D chord. _ _
Then [Fm] we have an E minor 7, _ [F] which is open low [C] E string, [F] second fret of A, [Ab] second fret of D, [Eb] open G string, [Ab] third fret of B, [Fm] third fret of high E. _
Then we [Db] have a C2, _ which is third fret of A, low E string is muted, [F] second fret of D, [Ab] open G, third fret of B.
So it will look like this.
If we just kind of stay on a G chord for a minute and get this strum pattern down, it'll be down, down, down, down, down, down, down.
One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
So in the first two downstrokes, I'm kind of aiming at the low strings.
On the third downstroke, I'm going a little bit harder, playing all the strings, but especially kind of aiming at these higher strings.
And then the fourth downstroke, just kind of the lower strings again.
So one, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
_ All right, so let's go over the verse progression.
We're going to play the chords in the order that we just learned them there.
It [F] will look like this.
[Ab] _ Three, four, one, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
To [Eb] a D.
Three, four, one, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
To [F] the E minor.
[Fm] Three, four, one, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
To the C2.
[Db] One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
Here's the verse.
_ _ One, two, three, go.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Alright, there's a number of different fun things going on on the lead [Eb] guitar for this
song and we're going to go through each of them in order that we encounter them in the
song.
And as always, these are all written out as sheet music and as tabs, so you can
kind of follow along with that right beneath the video player.
And I will play through
each one slowly and then we'll go through everything at full tempo at the end of the
tutorial.
So let's start with this intro riff.
It sounds like this.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ One and two and three
and four. _
So we got [Eb] ring finger, excuse me, eighth fret, actual fret.
We do have a capo
on the first fret, but I'm going to be calling out actual fret numbers when we're up here.
So we've got ring finger, eighth fret of the G string.
[Ab] Pinky finger, ninth fret of B.
[Bb] Pointer
finger on the sixth fret of high E.
[Ab] One and two and three and four.
_ G string, B string,
G [Ebm] string, E string, [Ab] B string. _
_ _ Then [Bb] we get to the second verse, which is going to have
a new series of licks to learn that only happens during this verse.
The first one looks
like this.
[Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Db] _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ All right, so we're kind of in the third [Ab] position diatonic in the key [Eb] of
A flat. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Bbm] And so we're going to start here on the, talking actual fret numbers here on the
eighth fret of the D string.
And here's verse two.
_ One, two, three, go. _
_ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ _ One, two, [Db] _ _ _
three, _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _