Chords for Spooky/Atlanta Rhythm Section (tutorial) - cover by Tonedr

[A] [N] Let's take a look at Atlanta Rhythm Section's great song Spooky.
I think it's one we can work up here really quickly.
Song is going to be in the key of E minor and then it's going to move up to F minor.
And for the intro, there's really two guitars kind of going on.
The first one is just a [B] little _ _ [A]
open.
[A#m] [B] First, second on the A string. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] Kind of [B] hammer on.
[A] _
[D] Against a B minor 7. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [G] _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ So, if you have two guitar [B] players, [E] one's going to do that.
The other one's going to hit [D] this five times. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ And then you're into the song.
[Em] You can do that by yourself, but you just [D] have to cut down _ the B minor 7s by one stroke.
There's just not enough [E] time to let it [A] ring out.
[Bm] _ _ _ So _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ you can do that [A] as one guitar [Bm] player. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ Getting [C#] four strokes on each of those [A#] until the very last one.
Then I have [A] time to get all [Bm] five. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] That brings us to the [G] verse _ _ chords.
Barring A through E on the 7th fret.
[C] And dropping in my second [N] finger here, or middle finger, on the 8th fret of the B string.
And then the 9th fret of the D string with my ring [Em] finger.
_ _ To get the E minor 7.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ Going _ _ to an A6 chord.
_ Which I [G#] like to look at as an F grip.
Sort of moved up to the 5th fret.
Double 5s on B and [C#m] E.
_ 6th fret G string.
7th fret D [A] string.
There's that F [F#m] chord.
Dropping in my pinky _ on the 7th fret of the B string to give me that 6th tone. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] So, an A open [F#m] string.
_ _ _ Definitely works if you hit it, but I try to stay away from it.
_ _ Same on [Em] the E.
Obviously the low E string _ _ [C#m] works, but I'm going to stay away from those.
Even though if I hit them, it's not the end of the world.
So, coming [Bm] out of the intro. _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ All [F#m] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [C#] we really need to get is [F#m] this _ [G] little_
_ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ A couple [F#m] places to play that.
The most convenient for me [A#] is to grab it here.
_ [C#] Because I don't have to move my left hand hardly at all.
[E] To get this, I'm on the 7th fret of the A [D#m] string.
_ I'm on the 8th fret of the D [C#m] string.
My first finger is down here on the G string.
[C] [C#m] 6th fret. _ _
_ Then I'm getting the 8th fret [D#] again of the B string. _
[C#] With my pinky.
Not playing either E string.
So, I'm just playing the [G] inside 4. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
There [C#m] is another way to get that.
_ _ _ Which may be a little bit preferable to [C#] you.
2nd fret D.
[C#m]
2nd fret B.
_ _ [A#] 3rd fret _ [Gm] G.
3rd fret high E.
_ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[A#] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ Either one of those [C#] will work. _
Again, I usually grab it here.
[C#m] _ _ _
Actually watching a lot of vids of ARS, the [G] guy grabs it here.
So, either one is good.
On this [C#m] diminished chord,
[A#] kind of an interesting thing to know about diminished chords
is that they repeat every 4 frets on the [C#] guitar.
_ _ So, [A#] it's kind of neat.
[F#] _ [C#m]
[F#] Every [A#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ [A#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A#] _ _ 4 frets they repeat.
So does this one.
[C] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ So that rule applies on any diminished chord _ on the guitar.
So it's kind of interesting to know.
Sometimes [A#] you can use that.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
Let's change keys.
So from the [Em] Bm7,
barring all strings _ on the [Bm] 7th fret,
throwing in my ring finger on the A string.
9th fret.
_ Same _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ grip, just upper fret.
And then the same chord grip,
just [F#m] Em7, moved up a fret
to [G#] the Fm7 position.
_ _ [Gm] And _ _ down to just the Bb6.
_ Everything is [G#] identical.
You just can't hit the open [C#m] strings now
because they're obviously not [G#] matching up anymore.
_ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ [C#m] _ _ [D#] _ [G#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
4th fret.
_ _ _ [Gm] Just _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] ends on that Cm7 on the 8th fret.
Great song.
A lot of fun to play.
And I hope you enjoy working it into your set list.
Thanks for watching. _ _