Chords for Stormy Monday Blues - Cream - Eric Clapton -Guitar Lesson

_ Okay, welcome back again.
Today we're going to do a quick version of Stormy [Bbm] Monday Blues
as covered by Clapton and Cream in the Live at the Royal Albert Hall sessions.
Overall,
very simple tune, which is why Clapton's so brilliant.
And of course, we're going to use
a backing track that I just recorded containing three chords.
When Clapton does it, as you'll
see in his video, he plays the rhythm and lead at the same time, which [D] is a tough thing
to do.
[C] Anyway, you only have three basic chords in this song.
One is a G ninth.
I'm sorry,
first it's a C ninth, _
[F] F ninth, _ _ [G] G _ ninth, [Cm] F ninth, [C] _ _ _
[Gm] C ninth.
[C] _ _ [Em] Clapton's making extensive use [Cm]
of _ _ the C
[E] minor pentatonic scale.
[Cm] _
_ And he's [D] playing it in different positions depending on where he is
[Em] with the [C] chords.
When he's down here, he's _ using this transposition of the same chords, of the
same scale.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Eb] So this position [C] calls for that scale.
[Dm] As he gets up to the G ninth, [Gm] _ _
he's [F] often reaching up
for this position of the [B] C minor pentatonic scale [F] at fret 11.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [C] _
And naturally connecting [G] them all
together throughout the tune.
So anyway, I'm just going to jam along with it for a second, see how
it sounds.
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ One _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
of _ _ [Gb] _ the interesting things about this tune is the beginning [D] in the Live at the
Royal Albert Hall sections.
_ [C] _ _ _
_ _ Clapton's basically just raking down the scale.
[Cm] _ [C] _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
And then he feeds in
this, which I just love.
_ _ _ [E] _
_ [Gm] _ That's a wonderful little ditty.
[E] _ _
_ [D] _ _ It winds [C] him back onto the C ninth where he
wants to start.
So again, let's give it another quick shot.
We'll start with that [B] intro, then
we'll click on the backing track and just jam along with it for a moment.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [D] _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Cm] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [E] _ _
Anyway, thanks [G] for playing along and we'll catch you on the next [Eb] tune.
Have a great day