Chords for Same Old Blues - Freddie King - Guitar Lesson

_ _ _ _ Welcome to Vanderbilt.com. This is in response to a request for the
Chord progression to Freddie King's same old blues.
That's a really cool slow blues
Progression and I think you'll like it.
So let's take a look _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [D] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
You
Okay, _ this song is in it's a 12-bar blues and it's in
_ D major but the introduction actually starts in the middle of the song.
So you're starting with a G chord _ and
Rather than explaining each chord.
I'm gonna just give a diagram down below but
To bar G and you play two beats one is the bass note _ and then the downstroke
So that's two beats, right and _ then you play a G sharp diminished chord, which is much easier than it sounds
_ [G#] to beat _ _
And you see I play with my thumb you can play it like this _ _ [G#m] _ or you could even play it [G#] like this _
[C#] Just as long as you don't get that
A string in there.
It's got to be muted
_ and then you go to a
D chord and play [D] one beat _ _ [F#] and then an F sharp one beat _ _ [B] and then a B minor
two beats _ _ _ _ then an E7 chord two [E] beats _ _ and
[A] A7 chord two beats _ _ and a D chord [D] two beats and _ then you play an F
Augmented chord [F] and I make that you would just make an F shape type and an open F shape you move everything over
one one set of strings you're starting on a
A D G B and it sounds like [C#] and _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ then [N] you go into the song proper and that starts with that of course a D chord
_ _ It's two [D] beats of D
_ _ _ two of F [F#] sharp 7 which I'm making up here _ _ _ [B] and
four of B minor
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [D] _
Then the D chord twice again _
F sharp 7 [F#] twice _ _ [B] and then the B minor two beats _ _ and then an [Am] a minor 7 _ [D] and a
D7 and _ then you're back to where you started in the intro with [G] the G the _
[G#] G sharp the diminished chord and
[D]
then the
[F#] F [Bm] sharp B minor _ _ _ [E] E7
_ _ [A] A7 and [D] D _ _ _ and [F] F augmented
_ _ _ _ Those [D] are the chords
Okay, _ _ _ _ so without getting into Freddie's solos and licks the idea if you want to jam on this song is that?
You're going to move from the D major pentatonic to the D minor.
So
He's usually starting off in in D major
_ And _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
then moving into the D minor
[A#] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
So if you work those two the two scales against the chords in this song
_ You should pick up the feel of it pretty quick picking up Freddie's [N] licks a different story.
Yeah, so good luck _ _ _ _ _ _ _