Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Tell Daddy (J.J. Cale)

Main part is:
Am Amaj C F#7b5
Fmaj E7 Am E7

...where the chords are like this:
Am: xx755x
Amaj7: xx655x
C: xx555x
F#7b5: xx455x
Fmaj7: x879xx
E7: x767xx

then this for the "Don't try to make it by yourself" part:
C F C F
C F C G

and this for the instrumental bridge at the end:
F C F C
F C G

Check telejazzman's take on this song, to see and hear it for yourself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o59AMBME2hE

Monday, May 25, 2020

My baby blues (JJ Cale)

This is a simple throw away 12-bar blues:
Dm Dm Dm Dm
G G Dm Dm
A G Dm Dm

Bassline with the chords is like root-fifth-octave, like this for the chord of Dm (where at 'x' I strum a muted chord or a note):
-------
-------
----7--
---7-x-
5x-----
-------

The solos are Dm pentatonic.


Saturday, May 23, 2020

Oh my my (J.J. Cale)

This may be off a bit, but let me know if it is, so I will fix it!

Oh My My (J.J. Cale)

Capo 2nd fret

R#1[C]She got [G]legs, R#2[C]oh my [F#m6]my
R#3[C]She got a [G]body,R#4[Fm6] caught my [Em]eye
…etc

riff #1
——————————
——————————
——————————
————2—5–2-2
—2—5——————-
—————————— C G 

riff #2
——————————
——————————
——————————
——————————
————2—5–2-2
—3—5——————- G F#m6

riff #3
——————————
——————————
——————————
——————————
————2—5–2-2 
—3—5——————- G F#m6

riff #4
——————————
——————————
——————————
——————————
————2—5–——
—3—5————0—0— Fm6 E

[C]Talk to [G]me, [F#m6]pretty [Em]lady
…etc
[C]Pretty [G]woman you're [F#m6]hot

Fm6 = 2x12xx