Chords for The Classic Chuck Berry Blues Riff - How to Play Cigar Box Guitar by Shane Speal

_ _ _ Hey, let me show you how to do the classic sort of Chuck Berry blues _ _ rhythm riff on a
three string [G] fretless slide cigar box [Ab] guitar. _ _
This is the same [F] type of instrument that [C] I've been giving, that I gave away the free lessons
_ online from as early as 2003.
They're the lessons that are posted on _ cigarboxguitar.com, Cigar Box Nation.
_ _ [N] Three strings and a stick through a box.
_ Okay, I have this tuned, I have A, D, and G [E] strings on here, and I have it [G] tuned G, _
_ [D] D, _ _ [G] G. _
Do it again, G. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] Okay, _ [F] the classic Chuck Berry, [G] you know, chugging blues rhythm. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[B] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ First of all, to do this riff, you're going to need a [N] stubby slide.
Use what I use, a three quarter inch socket.
It fits perfectly on my finger.
My finger goes right in that little square hole right there, it doesn't fall off as I play. _
The main riff of this is played on the middle string while the two other strings, the low
and the high, ring out.
You can't do that as easily with a bigger slide because you're [Gb] trying to curve your
[G] hand in there to just play that middle string.
Get a stubby [C] slide.
Three quarter inch socket works perfectly for me.
That's all I use is my stubby slide.
Now here's how to do the Chuck Berry rhythm.
[G] _ _ Open, _ stubby slide, put it on [C] the second string, second fret, right there.
You can see how, [Eb] it looks like my hand's gnarled around.
[Ab] I've done this enough that it just feels natural [G] after a while.
_ _ Now _ _ move it up a fret, _ to the third string.
Back to the second. _ _
Open.
_ _ _ Second. _
_ _ _ _ _ There _ _ _ _ you go.
[C] There's the basic Chuck Berry rhythm to [G] start. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Let's do the in front of, to the next chord.
_ Open, _ [A] _
second fret.
All the strings slide on the second [Gb] fret.
[G] _ _ [A] _ [B] _ [G] I'm sorry.
Open, [A] second, [Bb] _ third, _
[B] _ fourth, [C] _ fifth.
So it goes [G] like this.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Bb] _ [B] _
[C] _ _ _ It's a great feel.
[G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Gb] _ _
[C] _ Then you go on up to the next chord.
[Ab] It's really tough to do on a [E] slide.
You really can't [Cm] move things around.
So I just chug that rhythm without doing [G] the _ _ _ movable second [C] string.
I just go.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] So, _ [C] go up here. _ _ _ _ _
_ And [F] just ride that.
You know, you'll probably be singing [Ab] at the same time if you're [C] singing and playing. _ _ _
_ _ Oops.
_ _ [B] _ [C] _
_ _ So that run down is in five, _ [Gm] _ [Bb] _ three, _ [A] _
two, _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [G]
open.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [A] _
[Ab] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ [Ab] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ [Gb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ [G] For _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the third chord, go up to the [D] seventh fret.
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] Sixth fret.
_ _ Fifth fret.
[C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ Watch this.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [Bb] _ [B] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Dbm] _ [G] _
_ _ _ I'm _ _ [D] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
going to go to twelve. _ _ _ _ _
[C] There _ [N] you go.
It's a crude lesson, but this is how I play.
And I just, I guess I am not one of those technical teachers.
I'm going to show you the simple ways [Em] that I learned.
And it's nothing but shortcuts and tricks [N] and cool little riffs.
_ Basically, I can't stand to read music.
I can't stand to read tab.
I'm just going to show you what worked for [Ab] me.
It's almost like two beggars.
One showing where the other, where to find a piece [N] of bread.
_ So, from one beggar to another, rock on.
See you in the next video. _ _ _