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Robert Cray "Back Door Slam"

pompeii0
July 16th, 2012, 08:46 AM
I am looking for help with "Back Door Slam" by Robert Cray. I know the little repeating lick that he plays in the intro/chorus but that's all I can figure out. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

sacizob
July 16th, 2012, 09:17 AM
http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/b/back_door_slam/back_door_slam_tab.htm

pompeii0
July 16th, 2012, 09:44 AM
I have seen that tab, but it doesn't seem right to me. I have not heard Back Door Slam do "Back Door Slam" so I don't know how close their version is to Cray's. The bridge seems completelty different too. Maybe it's just me.

jbmando
July 16th, 2012, 04:52 PM
It's basically Cm7 for the whole thing. The "B" part is F G Abdim7 G7 Cm7. For the F he's just chunking away on the G and B strings at the 9th fret.

This video shows Robert's hands so you can get a good idea how he voices the chords. The Abdim7 is just a minor third slid down a minor third - AbCb to F Ab, then the G7 is the DF interval to the BD interval. It maintains the sliding minor third, but I believe the chord changes to G7 from Abdim7. A Cb sounds exactly like a B, but it is a Cb in an Abdim7 chord. Play it at xxx14/13x > xxx11/10x > xx12/10xx > xx97xx and it will be pretty much what Robert does in this video.

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