Chords for Taking Care of Business: BTO Guitar Lesson (Part 1)

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[D] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _
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[D] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
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_ Hey guys, it's [Ab] Mike's lesson and today I'm going to be teaching you a theme
of Kermit the Frog by Conjuring Overdrive.
_ _ _ And as you know, it's a pretty easy song, it's a beginner song definitely.
_ 12 power chords, except for the lead lick and the solo. _
I'll be teaching you the whole song in two different parts. _
[Bb] _ This is part one. _ _ _
So let's just jump right in.
_ Okay, the effects we're going to be using _ _ _ are_
I'm in middle position, I'm going to pick up selector here, I'm going to Stratocaster,
Thunder.
_ It's an [C] F10 made, and it sounds kind of like this.
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Bb] Alright, so I'm going to put it in middle position.
_ Your tone is going to be on 8, _ _ right here the middle tone, and this one is going to
be on 9.
And it'll [C] sound like this. _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ Alright, so, _ this is standard tuning. _ _ _
And the effects we're going to be using, [Db] we're going to be using a little bit of chorus effect,
a tiny bit, just to give it a little extra punch.
_ _ Some overdrive, a [Bb] lot of it, but some low gain, _ and some reverb.
Just like an echo, kind of _ like a simulation of what it would be like _ if we were playing
at a hall or something.
It's going to [Cm] be right there.
_ _ You hear kind of like the echo.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ So, let's start out.
We're going to take our first finger and put it on [C] the E fret _
[Bb] of _ the fretboard.
And we're going to barre the first _ [C] E string and the A string at the E fret.
It'll sound [Bb] like that.
Alright, _ _ _ so what we're going to do is we're going to go, [Fm] _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] we're going to hit it once with
the down [F] strum, _ [E] or hit those two, those two [F] strings, E and [Bb] A.
And then we're going to _ put our, _ _ right here, the ring finger on the 8th fret, or the 10th fret,
I'm sorry, of the A string.
[G] _ _ _ Like that.
_ _ [Bb]
And then we're going to take our pinky and put it on the 12th fret of the A string.
And then we're going to hit a down strum of those [G] two. _
_ And [Bb] then we're going to go back to the regular power chord on the C, which is the second
chord of our [Cm] projection. _
_ _ [Eb] We're going to hit that twice.
Alright, now we're going to move everything down [Bb] two frets, which is one whole fret.
So [Cm] we're going to move it down. _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _
And we're going to do the same thing we did for the C power chord, [Bb] _ only on the [F] B flat power chord. _ _ _
_ [Bb] We're going to do the two on the 6th fret, and we're going to do it again. _ _
[F] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Bb] We're going to go back to the 8th fret, but we're going to borrow the D and the A instead
of the E and the A.
_ _ _ And then we're going to do the same thing, but one fret higher.
[F] _ _ _ _
_ And we're going to go back to the first power chord.
[C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] Alright, that's the first part _ _ _ of part one.
That's the first section.
This is the intro, _ and the [E] verses, basically.
So let's jump into the bridge.
_ Alright, hey guys, I'm [Ab] back. _
_ This is the second part of taking care of business lesson, _ and I'm going to be teaching the bridge now.
And it's actually a really easy pattern, _ _ and all it is is this.
[Bbm] _
_ [Eb] _ Or [C] actually, up one fret.
_ [F] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
So [A] basically it goes in a square [Ab] of power chords.
It goes from [C] the C power chord _ _ to the F power [F] chord. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] To the E power chord, _ [Eb] _ _ or actually to the E flat power chord.
_ _ _ Back to the B flat [Bbm] power chord.
_ [C] And then back to the C.
[F] _ _ _ It basically just sits there. _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] And every first _ [C] power chord in the bridge is two down-strums.
_ And [Db] then the [F] second is three. _ _ _
_ [D] One in the middle, the second strum is an [F] up-strum.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ Alright, that's the bridge [Db] of the song.
_ It's pretty easy, and you can do it in major chords [C] too.
[F] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ [Gb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ So that's basically the whole lesson.
_ _ _ _ It's pretty easy.
[Db] So I'll be coming out with part two next.
_ [B] I'll see you soon, guys.
Remember to subscribe, comment any questions, and have [Bb] fun playing. _ _