Chords for The Murphy Method - Soldier's Joy
Tempo:
92.6 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
Em
D
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] 1, 2, ready, go.
[C] [G] [C] [Dm] [G]
[C] [G] [C]
[G]
[C] [G] [C]
[G] [C] [G]
[C]
[G] [C] [G]
[C] [G] So [C]
[G] let's take a look at the first part of the song, the A part.
Alright, the song starts out just like this.
[C] [G]
[C] Okay, there are no pickup notes.
If we were to count it off like I did when I started playing 1, 2,
ready, [G] play.
[Em] [C] [G] [C]
The first note that you play, the third string, is the [G] downbeat.
So play that open third string picking it with the thumb,
[E] slide from 2 to 4 on [C] the fourth,
open [D] fourth,
[E] slide [G] from 2 to 4 on the fourth again, and then a roll, 5, 3, 1, 5.
That's 5, 3, 1, 5.
[C] Ending up on the C note, first fret of the second string.
[G] [C]
Okay, alright now, something your hand may want to do naturally and something that my hand does naturally when I start speeding it up
is to put first string notes after those melody notes, which are eighth notes, so it makes it sound like this.
[Em] [C] [D] [Em]
[G] You know that sounds really kind of bizarre when you're playing it so slowly,
but in fact when you get up to tempo those are very light, light fill-in notes.
[C]
[G] [C] You get much more of a sense of the melody
[G] [C] by hearing it that way and then adding them as your [G] fingers feel like they're capable of adding them.
You could play the whole thing without the fill-in notes if you wanted to.
[C] [G]
[C] Now, two fill-in notes for real, 5, 1, and then we do this.
[Em] Repeat [C] that much with the first strings for fill this time for sure.
[D] [Em] Okay, now back up [Bm] to a G7 chord, remember what that is, second fret of the fourth, third fret of the first.
[G]
4, 2, 1, 5, 1, 2, 3, 1.
Repeat the first phrase with the fill-in notes.
[C] [G]
Fifth [C] string for fill.
[G] Ending phrase.
[C] [G] [C]
What are we doing here?
We're lifting the ring finger all the way up to the fifth string.
[G] Off of the first string, hammering back down.
[C] 5, 2, 1, 5, [G] open it up again, and end on [C] the C note, first fret of the [Gm] second string.
[C] [G] [C] Two forward rolls for fill-in, and then we play again.
[G]
One thing I would like to point out, notice on these fill-in notes,
[Em] when you're starting here, like for playing the A part the second time through,
the ring finger is down, so you're going to be filling with the second fret of the first.
But then you [G] pick it up, so the first string becomes open and your fill-in sounds like that.
Don't let little things like that bother you.
Don't ever get caught up in fill-in notes.
They are simply that.
They're just there to fill in the space.
It doesn't really matter so much what they sound like.
Okay, so we're going to play this again.
We're going to take it from the ending leg.
[C] [G]
[C]
[G] [C]
[D] [G] [C] [D]
[G] [C] [G]
[C] Okay.
[C] [G] [C] [Dm] [G]
[C] [G] [C]
[G]
[C] [G] [C]
[G] [C] [G]
[C]
[G] [C] [G]
[C] [G] So [C]
[G] let's take a look at the first part of the song, the A part.
Alright, the song starts out just like this.
[C] [G]
[C] Okay, there are no pickup notes.
If we were to count it off like I did when I started playing 1, 2,
ready, [G] play.
[Em] [C] [G] [C]
The first note that you play, the third string, is the [G] downbeat.
So play that open third string picking it with the thumb,
[E] slide from 2 to 4 on [C] the fourth,
open [D] fourth,
[E] slide [G] from 2 to 4 on the fourth again, and then a roll, 5, 3, 1, 5.
That's 5, 3, 1, 5.
[C] Ending up on the C note, first fret of the second string.
[G] [C]
Okay, alright now, something your hand may want to do naturally and something that my hand does naturally when I start speeding it up
is to put first string notes after those melody notes, which are eighth notes, so it makes it sound like this.
[Em] [C] [D] [Em]
[G] You know that sounds really kind of bizarre when you're playing it so slowly,
but in fact when you get up to tempo those are very light, light fill-in notes.
[C]
[G] [C] You get much more of a sense of the melody
[G] [C] by hearing it that way and then adding them as your [G] fingers feel like they're capable of adding them.
You could play the whole thing without the fill-in notes if you wanted to.
[C] [G]
[C] Now, two fill-in notes for real, 5, 1, and then we do this.
[Em] Repeat [C] that much with the first strings for fill this time for sure.
[D] [Em] Okay, now back up [Bm] to a G7 chord, remember what that is, second fret of the fourth, third fret of the first.
[G]
4, 2, 1, 5, 1, 2, 3, 1.
Repeat the first phrase with the fill-in notes.
[C] [G]
Fifth [C] string for fill.
[G] Ending phrase.
[C] [G] [C]
What are we doing here?
We're lifting the ring finger all the way up to the fifth string.
[G] Off of the first string, hammering back down.
[C] 5, 2, 1, 5, [G] open it up again, and end on [C] the C note, first fret of the [Gm] second string.
[C] [G] [C] Two forward rolls for fill-in, and then we play again.
[G]
One thing I would like to point out, notice on these fill-in notes,
[Em] when you're starting here, like for playing the A part the second time through,
the ring finger is down, so you're going to be filling with the second fret of the first.
But then you [G] pick it up, so the first string becomes open and your fill-in sounds like that.
Don't let little things like that bother you.
Don't ever get caught up in fill-in notes.
They are simply that.
They're just there to fill in the space.
It doesn't really matter so much what they sound like.
Okay, so we're going to play this again.
We're going to take it from the ending leg.
[C] [G]
[C]
[G] [C]
[D] [G] [C] [D]
[G] [C] [G]
[C] Okay.
Key:
C
G
Em
D
E
C
G
Em
[G] _ _ _ _ _ 1, 2, ready, go.
[C] _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _
_ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] [G] So [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] let's take a look at the first part of the song, the A part.
Alright, the song starts out just like this.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ Okay, there are no pickup notes.
If we were to count it off like I did when I started playing 1, 2,
ready, [G] play.
_ [Em] _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ The first note that you play, the third string, is the [G] downbeat.
So play that open third string picking it with the thumb,
[E] _ slide from 2 to 4 on [C] the fourth,
open [D] fourth,
[E] slide [G] from 2 to 4 on the fourth again, and then a roll, 5, 3, 1, 5.
That's 5, 3, 1, 5.
_ [C] _ Ending up on the C note, first fret of the second string.
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
Okay, alright now, something your hand may want to do naturally and something that my hand does naturally when I start speeding it up
is to put first string notes after those melody notes, which are eighth notes, so it makes it sound like this. _
_ [Em] _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
[G] You know that sounds really kind of bizarre when you're playing it so slowly,
but in fact when you get up to tempo those are very light, light fill-in notes.
[C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ You get much more of a sense of the melody _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] by hearing it that way and then adding them as your [G] fingers feel like they're capable of adding them.
You could play the whole thing without the fill-in notes if you wanted to.
_ [C] _ [G] _ _
[C] _ Now, two fill-in notes for real, 5, 1, and then we do this.
_ _ [Em] _ Repeat [C] that much with the first strings for fill this time for sure. _ _ _
[D] _ [Em] _ Okay, now back up [Bm] to a G7 chord, remember what that is, second fret of the fourth, third fret of the first.
[G] _ _ _ _
4, 2, 1, 5, 1, 2, 3, 1.
Repeat the first phrase with the fill-in notes.
[C] _ _ _ [G] _
Fifth [C] _ _ string for fill. _ _
[G] Ending phrase.
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ [C] _
What are we doing here?
We're lifting the ring finger all the way up to the fifth string.
[G] Off of the first string, hammering back down.
_ [C] 5, 2, 1, 5, [G] open it up again, and end on [C] the C note, first fret of the [Gm] second string.
_ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _ Two forward rolls for fill-in, _ _ and then we play again.
_ [G] _
One thing I would like to point out, notice on these fill-in notes,
[Em] when you're starting here, like for playing the A part the second time through,
the ring finger is down, so you're going to be filling with the second fret of the first.
But then you [G] pick it up, so the first string becomes open and your fill-in sounds like that.
Don't let little things like that bother you.
Don't ever get caught up in fill-in notes.
They are simply that.
They're just there to fill in the space.
It doesn't really matter so much what they sound like.
Okay, so we're going to play this again.
We're going to take it from the ending leg.
[C] _ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ _ _ Okay. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _
_ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] [G] So [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] let's take a look at the first part of the song, the A part.
Alright, the song starts out just like this.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ Okay, there are no pickup notes.
If we were to count it off like I did when I started playing 1, 2,
ready, [G] play.
_ [Em] _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ The first note that you play, the third string, is the [G] downbeat.
So play that open third string picking it with the thumb,
[E] _ slide from 2 to 4 on [C] the fourth,
open [D] fourth,
[E] slide [G] from 2 to 4 on the fourth again, and then a roll, 5, 3, 1, 5.
That's 5, 3, 1, 5.
_ [C] _ Ending up on the C note, first fret of the second string.
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
Okay, alright now, something your hand may want to do naturally and something that my hand does naturally when I start speeding it up
is to put first string notes after those melody notes, which are eighth notes, so it makes it sound like this. _
_ [Em] _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
[G] You know that sounds really kind of bizarre when you're playing it so slowly,
but in fact when you get up to tempo those are very light, light fill-in notes.
[C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ You get much more of a sense of the melody _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] by hearing it that way and then adding them as your [G] fingers feel like they're capable of adding them.
You could play the whole thing without the fill-in notes if you wanted to.
_ [C] _ [G] _ _
[C] _ Now, two fill-in notes for real, 5, 1, and then we do this.
_ _ [Em] _ Repeat [C] that much with the first strings for fill this time for sure. _ _ _
[D] _ [Em] _ Okay, now back up [Bm] to a G7 chord, remember what that is, second fret of the fourth, third fret of the first.
[G] _ _ _ _
4, 2, 1, 5, 1, 2, 3, 1.
Repeat the first phrase with the fill-in notes.
[C] _ _ _ [G] _
Fifth [C] _ _ string for fill. _ _
[G] Ending phrase.
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ [C] _
What are we doing here?
We're lifting the ring finger all the way up to the fifth string.
[G] Off of the first string, hammering back down.
_ [C] 5, 2, 1, 5, [G] open it up again, and end on [C] the C note, first fret of the [Gm] second string.
_ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _ Two forward rolls for fill-in, _ _ and then we play again.
_ [G] _
One thing I would like to point out, notice on these fill-in notes,
[Em] when you're starting here, like for playing the A part the second time through,
the ring finger is down, so you're going to be filling with the second fret of the first.
But then you [G] pick it up, so the first string becomes open and your fill-in sounds like that.
Don't let little things like that bother you.
Don't ever get caught up in fill-in notes.
They are simply that.
They're just there to fill in the space.
It doesn't really matter so much what they sound like.
Okay, so we're going to play this again.
We're going to take it from the ending leg.
[C] _ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ _ _ Okay. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _