Hello YouTube! Today a little Bob Marley. It'll change us from the usual rock pop and folk...
We have one, two, three, four... Four chords or five, and a little riff. There! Let's see everything in detail, o_o left hand chords and right hand rythm.
So... The left hand starts with a little riff that sounds like this. Kinda like "J'ai du bon tabac" but nevermind...
3rd fret E, empty A, 2nd fret of A and 3rd fret of E
Maybe with the right fingering... I'm using the major and the ring finger because these are the fingers we're gonna use on the next chord.
Which is a C major: 3rd fret of the A string, 2nd of D, 1st of B. G, A, B, G, C...
Next C/B (C with a B bass). The index doesn't move, the major goes on the 2nd fret of the A string.
Next A minor. Same thing, the index stays there. So C, C/B, and Am. 2nd fret of D, 2nd fret of G, 1st of B.
And then F major 7. We can strum til the little e without... - Actually the Fmaj7 should be like this, so if you can bar the last two strings it's cool.
Otherwise you make a little diagonal starting from the B string on the 1st fret, 2nd fret of G and 3rd of D. Like little stairs. And here we go again! So the riff...
C, C/B, Am, Fmaj7 Here we are...
Er now, for the right hand strumming. It's quite simple, so we do the riff... [C] 1, 2, 3, 4 [C/B] 1, 2, 3, 4
[Am] 1, 2, 3 [Fmaj7] 4, (5), 6, 7, 8 It's this part that's tricky.
So it's [C] 1, 2, 3, 4 [C/B] 1, 2, 3, 4 [Am] 1, 2, 3 [Fmaj7] 4, (5), 6, 7, 8
Then we can do that in a row several times. Until the chorus that sounds like... Same thing the C 4 times...
So how did I do that?
I strum the C 4 times, I do the Fmaj7, I strum once, then I move the major on the 2nd fret of D (which gives an Am7 chord), then I only leave the index, and I go back to C.
So [C] 1, 2, 3, 4...
And also, to make it sound good, preferably strum these strings when you do the final riff singing "Woman no cry". The strings of D, G and B
To really have...
There you go. And that's super pretty.
Ok, let's go back to the large shot, so I can play the whole thing, and then we'll be good!
Ok I'll do everything from the start. Let's say I'll only do one loop of verse and I'll go straight to the chorus riff.
The intro
[C] 1, 2, 3, 4 [C/B] 1, 2, 3, 4 [Am] 1, 2, 3 [Fmaj7] 4, (5), 6, 7, 8
[C] 1, 2, 3, 4 [Fmaj7] 1, [Am7] 2, [1st fret of B] 3, [C] 4, 1, 2
And Second time... [C] 1, 2, 3, 4 [C/B] 1, 2, 3, 4 [Am] 1, 2, 3 [Fmaj7] 4, (5), 6, 7, 8
[C] 1, 2, 3, 4 [Fmaj7] 1, [Am7] 2, [1st fret of B] 3, [C] 4, 1, 2
And about the middle part that's like...
For that the rythm section is Down - Down Up * Up Down Down - Down Up * Up Down
And instead of doing a C/B as a second chord, I use a G major. 3rd fret of E, 2nd of A, 3rd and 3rd of the high strings.
Which gives something like (C) Down - Down Up * Up Down -
(G) Down - Down Up * Up Down - (Am) Down - Down Up * Up Down -
(Fmaj7) Down - Down Up * Up Down - (C) Down - Down Up * Up Down -
(G) Down - Down Up * Up Down - (Am) Down - Down Up * Up Down -
(Fmaj7) Down - Down Up * Up Down - Voila! I'll do the whole thing one last time. One verse, one chorus, one bridge.
And one that you can also play So Lonely!
I'm getting astray! Anyway, that was today's Bob Marley special! Happy strumming, play well, see you soon. Ciao!
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