Chords for Sloop John B Strum and Melody
Tempo:
125.8 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Dm
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Hello, good morning from a lovely [A] sunny day in Newark, up near Nottingham.
And I want to give you some [F] ideas of what I would do with Slewt John B.
Mixing a little bit of fingerstyle playing in with it eventually.
[G] First concept is how I would strum it.
It's this [C] pattern.
Now with this I use quite a simple downstroke followed by a rastorado,
followed by up and down strokes where I go down with the finger, up with the thumb.
It's a nice wrist action, years of being a plectrum guitarist,
I mean this is quite simple for me, but I think it's a very effective [N] sound as well.
So here's the basic chords played in this fashion.
And notice that I do add sometimes a D minor after the F.
I think it sounds [Dm] quite cool and it's not too difficult to get to [B] from the F.
So what should I do with the [C] first verse?
Deep among the Slewt John B.,. my grandfather and me, Around Nassau town we [G] did roam, Drinking [C] all night, caught into [F] a fight, [Dm] A [C] life feels so broke [G] up, I wanna [C] go home. Change the chorus. So hoist up the John B. sail, see how the main sail sets, Call for the captain ashore, let me [G] go home. Let me [C] go home, I [F] wanna go home. [Dm] [C] A life feels so broke up, [G] I wanna [C] go home. And so on. Notice a couple of things. [G] I have put sometimes a G through G major 7th down [G] to the G7. [C] And as in the Michael Lyon one, I've gone from C to C7 as well. And often as you do that, again [B] [C] another passing note to make the strumming more interesting. [D] Now the next thing that I want to show you is how I would turn this into a fingerstyle piece by using a slightly different approach where you embed the melody line in with the song itself. And the tune is going [C] [D]
[Gm] [C]
[Cm] [G]
Now most of those notes are on the top string or the open [Dm] G string. And it is quite, I won't say easy, but it is not too far a step to imagine playing a C [C] so you're doing that note as your melody note but also as part of the chord. [G]
Now there you're playing a G chord, but instead of doing it like that where you get that as the melody note or top note, you're putting the little finger on the 5th fret so you can get the D as it is, [D] as the melody [G] note here. [C] [F]
Now when you get to the tune and you want the melody note there against an F chord, instead of playing that F, I do this barre chord at the 5th with the melody picked out on the 8th. [C] [G] [C]
Now there is a PDF file of the [N] tabs of this available, so if you're interested in looking at it and seeing how this version works, then please
And I want to give you some [F] ideas of what I would do with Slewt John B.
Mixing a little bit of fingerstyle playing in with it eventually.
[G] First concept is how I would strum it.
It's this [C] pattern.
Now with this I use quite a simple downstroke followed by a rastorado,
followed by up and down strokes where I go down with the finger, up with the thumb.
It's a nice wrist action, years of being a plectrum guitarist,
I mean this is quite simple for me, but I think it's a very effective [N] sound as well.
So here's the basic chords played in this fashion.
And notice that I do add sometimes a D minor after the F.
I think it sounds [Dm] quite cool and it's not too difficult to get to [B] from the F.
So what should I do with the [C] first verse?
Deep among the Slewt John B.,. my grandfather and me, Around Nassau town we [G] did roam, Drinking [C] all night, caught into [F] a fight, [Dm] A [C] life feels so broke [G] up, I wanna [C] go home. Change the chorus. So hoist up the John B. sail, see how the main sail sets, Call for the captain ashore, let me [G] go home. Let me [C] go home, I [F] wanna go home. [Dm] [C] A life feels so broke up, [G] I wanna [C] go home. And so on. Notice a couple of things. [G] I have put sometimes a G through G major 7th down [G] to the G7. [C] And as in the Michael Lyon one, I've gone from C to C7 as well. And often as you do that, again [B] [C] another passing note to make the strumming more interesting. [D] Now the next thing that I want to show you is how I would turn this into a fingerstyle piece by using a slightly different approach where you embed the melody line in with the song itself. And the tune is going [C] [D]
[Gm] [C]
[Cm] [G]
Now most of those notes are on the top string or the open [Dm] G string. And it is quite, I won't say easy, but it is not too far a step to imagine playing a C [C] so you're doing that note as your melody note but also as part of the chord. [G]
Now there you're playing a G chord, but instead of doing it like that where you get that as the melody note or top note, you're putting the little finger on the 5th fret so you can get the D as it is, [D] as the melody [G] note here. [C] [F]
Now when you get to the tune and you want the melody note there against an F chord, instead of playing that F, I do this barre chord at the 5th with the melody picked out on the 8th. [C] [G] [C]
Now there is a PDF file of the [N] tabs of this available, so if you're interested in looking at it and seeing how this version works, then please
Key:
C
G
F
Dm
D
C
G
F
_ _ _ _ Hello, good morning from a lovely [A] sunny day in Newark, up near Nottingham.
And I want to give you some [F] ideas of what I would do with Slewt John B.
_ Mixing a little bit of fingerstyle playing in with it eventually.
_ [G] First concept is how I would strum it.
It's this [C] pattern. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Now with this I use quite a simple downstroke followed by a rastorado,
followed by up and down strokes where I go down with the finger, up with the thumb.
_ It's a nice wrist action, years of being a plectrum guitarist,
I mean this is quite simple for me, but I think it's a very effective [N] sound as well.
So here's the basic chords _ played in this fashion.
And notice that I do add sometimes a D minor after the F.
I think it sounds [Dm] quite cool and it's not too difficult to get to [B] from the F.
So what should I do with the [C] first verse?
_ _ _ _ _ _ Deep among the Slewt John B.,. my _ grandfather and me, _ _ Around Nassau town we [G] did roam, _ _ _ Drinking [C] all _ night, _ caught into [F] a fight, [Dm] A _ _ [C] life feels so broke [G] up, I wanna [C] go _ home. Change the chorus. So hoist up the John B. sail, _ _ see how the main sail sets, _ Call for the captain ashore, let me [G] go _ home. _ _ Let me [C] go _ home, I [F] wanna go _ home. [Dm] _ _ [C] A life feels so broke up, [G] I wanna [C] go home. _ _ _ _ _ And so on. Notice a couple of things. [G] I have put sometimes a _ G through G major 7th down [G] to the G7. _ _ [C] And as in the Michael Lyon one, I've gone from C to C7 as well. And often as you do that, _ _ again _ [B] [C] another passing note to make the strumming more interesting. [D] Now the next thing that I want to show you is how I would turn this into a fingerstyle piece by using a slightly different approach where you embed the melody line in with the song itself. And the tune is going_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ Now most of those notes are on the top string or the open [Dm] G string. And it is quite, _ _ I won't say easy, but it is not too far a step to imagine playing a C [C] so you're doing that note as your melody note but also as part of the chord. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ Now there you're playing a G chord, but instead of doing it like that where you get that as the melody note or top note, _ you're putting the little finger on the 5th fret so you can get the D as it is, [D] as the melody [G] note here. _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
Now when you get to the tune and you want the melody note there against an F chord, instead of playing that F, I do this barre chord at the 5th with the melody picked out on the 8th. _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ Now there is a PDF file of the [N] tabs of this available, so if you're interested in looking at it and seeing how this version works, then please
And I want to give you some [F] ideas of what I would do with Slewt John B.
_ Mixing a little bit of fingerstyle playing in with it eventually.
_ [G] First concept is how I would strum it.
It's this [C] pattern. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Now with this I use quite a simple downstroke followed by a rastorado,
followed by up and down strokes where I go down with the finger, up with the thumb.
_ It's a nice wrist action, years of being a plectrum guitarist,
I mean this is quite simple for me, but I think it's a very effective [N] sound as well.
So here's the basic chords _ played in this fashion.
And notice that I do add sometimes a D minor after the F.
I think it sounds [Dm] quite cool and it's not too difficult to get to [B] from the F.
So what should I do with the [C] first verse?
_ _ _ _ _ _ Deep among the Slewt John B.,. my _ grandfather and me, _ _ Around Nassau town we [G] did roam, _ _ _ Drinking [C] all _ night, _ caught into [F] a fight, [Dm] A _ _ [C] life feels so broke [G] up, I wanna [C] go _ home. Change the chorus. So hoist up the John B. sail, _ _ see how the main sail sets, _ Call for the captain ashore, let me [G] go _ home. _ _ Let me [C] go _ home, I [F] wanna go _ home. [Dm] _ _ [C] A life feels so broke up, [G] I wanna [C] go home. _ _ _ _ _ And so on. Notice a couple of things. [G] I have put sometimes a _ G through G major 7th down [G] to the G7. _ _ [C] And as in the Michael Lyon one, I've gone from C to C7 as well. And often as you do that, _ _ again _ [B] [C] another passing note to make the strumming more interesting. [D] Now the next thing that I want to show you is how I would turn this into a fingerstyle piece by using a slightly different approach where you embed the melody line in with the song itself. And the tune is going_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ Now most of those notes are on the top string or the open [Dm] G string. And it is quite, _ _ I won't say easy, but it is not too far a step to imagine playing a C [C] so you're doing that note as your melody note but also as part of the chord. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ Now there you're playing a G chord, but instead of doing it like that where you get that as the melody note or top note, _ you're putting the little finger on the 5th fret so you can get the D as it is, [D] as the melody [G] note here. _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
Now when you get to the tune and you want the melody note there against an F chord, instead of playing that F, I do this barre chord at the 5th with the melody picked out on the 8th. _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ Now there is a PDF file of the [N] tabs of this available, so if you're interested in looking at it and seeing how this version works, then please