Chords for Stormy Monday Blues Guitar Lesson - Chords

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_ _ Okay, so we're going to talk about how to play the chords to Stormy Monday.
_ And as I said in the post, first [G] thing is, you really want to stay away from these big
_ barre chords. _ _
It's too big.
It's obnoxious.
It gets in the way.
It walks all over [B] everybody, makes it noisy and loud and chaotic.
And if you've ever been to a jam night, _ and you'll find that some groups of people get
up and they sound really good, and other groups of people get up, [N] and it's just noisy and
loud, _ and a lot of times it's because they're [G] bashing along on these giant, these big barre
chords that are just _ _ obnoxious.
_ These nice little chords, these little three-note chords, _ _ provide a base for any sort of melody going on.
Let me just demonstrate a little bit.
Pardon my singing.
_ _ They call it Stormy Monday.
_ That's obnoxious.
[B] How about [G] this?
They call it [E] Stormy Monday.
[G] _ _ _
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_ _ _ But Tuesday's just as [A] good.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Gb] You see what I mean?
[G] The [B] voice is on top of the chord.
[G] Okay. _
_ So, [E] moving on, what I talk about in the post is, instead of playing, for example, an A
minor like [Am] this, or an A minor 7 like this, _ _ _ _ _ like Clapton does in the video I put in there,
_ I would recommend playing it like that, nice and pretty.
Now, you can get loud with that.
_ Of course you can.
But _ _ it's _ _ _ _ _ a lot more balanced than this.
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It really provides a nicer foundation for whatever else is going on.
[N] So I'm going to play it once through and leave it at that.
[Gb] _ And then _ you guys can get to work on it.
So here we go.
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Gb] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[G] _ _ I've got my [Ebm] encoder on.
[B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
Okay.
[Ebm] So there's one thing.
[Em] Also, before I go, let me just talk about, _ you can [G] play _ your 1, [C] 4, 5 [Eb] up here as well.
Here's my _ _ [C] G7, _ C7, [C] _ _ D7.
Now, one thing I love to do [G] in Stormy Monday is build it up to that.
Maybe I'd start down here, _ [Abm] but then at some [B] point work it up to here.
[Gb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ It changes it up a bit.
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Am] _
There's a 13 chord.
[E] _ If you [C] don't know what these are, make [B] sure you look at the [Am] posts I link to in the _ article.
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_ Now, here's where it gets nice.
You get to the [Am] climb, jump down here.
And hear [Bm] how that just changes the mood right away.
[Bbm] Right at the best time of the song.
It's really awesome.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ Okay, so there's _ some _ thoughts on how to play the chords [N] to Stormy Monday.
_ Coming up next, we'll be talking about how to play some sweet, tasty licks to Stormy Monday.
So stay tuned.
Thanks a lot, and