Chords for Thats the Way of the World - EWF - Guitar Solo Lesson

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_ [F] Today we're checking out Earth, Wind & Fire's classic, That's The Way It Whirls.
It's a great song with some great chords.
I'm going to take you through them and show you that solo.
Let's [C#] check it out. _
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[A#m] _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _ [G#] Okay, _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [N] _
we're going to start the solo using our second finger, sliding up to the 15th
fret on the 3rd string.
That's how we're going to slide into it.
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_ _ _ _ _ [G#] Okay, let's go through the chords now, and then I'll go through the strumming.
First, we're going to start on a Dbmaj7, [C#] which is the Db.
This is an Ab to a C note and an F. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ To a [Am] Db9.
[C#] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
To [F#] Gbmaj7.
_ I know that on the [A] Gb, this is an A minor chord.
Just [F#] slide it right there. _ _ _ _
_ _ Gbminor7.
[F#m] _ _ _ _
[B] Bring it up to the Ab.
Back [Fm] to the Dbmaj7.
These are some great chords, great to learn, all in major 7th. _ _ _
_ [F] To the 9 chord.
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Gbmaj7.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ Gbminor7.
_ [Fm] _ _ The other part.
_ [A#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ Gbmaj7 down here.
This is a Gb.
This form.
_ [A#m] _ [G#] This is [Fm] an Fminor7.
_ _ _ _ [A#m] _ Three times.
[G#] _ _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ [C#] _ _ Bbminor7. _
To an _ [G] Eb9 chord.
_ [G#] And an Ab11.
Beautiful chord.
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
Ab here.
And [F#] basically an F sharp chord. _ _
To the Db.
_ Beautiful.
_ Let me just show you the strumming pattern real quick.
It's kind of a down, up, down, up.
Up, down, up.
Up, down, up.
And down.
Okay, let's try it. _
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