Chords for The Classics IV - Traces - Guitar Lesson (part 1)

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[Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Bm] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Em] _
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
Okay, Traces by The Classics 4.
This song was a hit in 1969.
The song is played in the key of D major.
It's played in 4-4 time.
In this lesson I'm going to cover the intro.
The intro starts out in B minor and also the intro is played throughout the song.
So you learn the intro, you learn a lot of the song.
I'll play it through once at tempo so you can get an idea of how it's played.
_ One, two, three, [B] four.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [B] Okay, this is a B minor.
B, _
[Bb] [B] B, [D] a D, and an F [Gb] sharp. _
Notice I'm playing [Abm] that broken chord [Gb] style [B] arpeggio.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ Okay, you notice the bass run?
It's [B] going from B, _ [A] open A, _ [Ab] A flat, _ [G] and a G. _ _
Again, it [B] would be a B, _ _ [Ab] [A] A, _ _
[Ab] A flat, [G] and a G.
_ And throughout that, [Bm] you're playing these notes.
_ B, D, and an F sharp. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ This is the tricky part.
You have to move your middle and your ring [Ab] finger _ [E] like this.
[G] So you notice my middle finger is moving from the D [Gb] note [G] to the G. _
[Gb] And then my ring finger is [Ab] moving from the A flat [F] to the [D] D.
[Ab] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [E] Okay, and then it goes to a [Dm] B flat major 7th. _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] B flat, _ _
[Db] [Dm] D, _ F, and an A.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ Okay, that's an E flat _ [G] 6.
_ You know how [D] to make a D major here, open position?
Just make it with your middle, ring, and pinky.
_ [B] And move it up half step. _
[Eb] You got an E flat.
Now add a 6th, and that's [C] a C note.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ Okay, that's an E minor 7th.
And you probably know an E [Gb] minor [Em] chord. _ _
_ _ _ Now play that with your index and your middle finger on the B and the E note there.
_ _ Okay, now play the [Gm] 7th, which is a D, _ _ with your ring finger.
And then play a G note with your pinky.
And you [G] notice that G note there, I'm just doubling up. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [A] _
_ [Em] Okay, this.
It's an A dominant 7th with a suspended [D] 4th.
_ [G] You probably know this chord here, A7.
_ [A] _ _ _ [Bbm] Okay, now play it with [Am] your index finger and your pinky.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [E]
Okay, now bring that C sharp up to a D. _ _
[A] So you [D] got_
[Em] _ _ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] Now you [B] lift your ring finger [A] off, and you got an A dominant 7th.
[Em] Okay, I'll play it again.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
And it goes right into the [Bm] verse.
Okay, I'll play [B] it from the beginning.
1, 2, 3, 4.
_ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] Okay, that's all for this lesson.
I hope you enjoyed it, and thanks for watching.
Bye. _ _ _ _ _