Guitar chord that defines that song

There are some chords that immediately remind of some particular song that has the chord. Do you remember any?

Here's one:
The Mamas and the Papas' hit California Dreamin' has the ringing G#7sus4 (464644) in the beginning... a classic! :)

Opening chord to "A Hard Day's Night"
Opening chord to "Won't get fooled Again"

Opening chord to "A Hard Day's Night"


That's C9 x32033 ?


Opening chord to "Won't get fooled Again"

Just an open A?! With bent G on the E string? Don't remember the song, just what I gathered from net tab.

Am - dont cry

That's C9 x32033 ?


Always thought it was an Fadd9 with G bass.

E ----3----
B ----1----
G ----2----
D ----3----
A ----0----
E ----3----

Fadd9 by itself works too...

E ----3----
B ----1----
G ----2----
D ----3----
A ----x----
E ----x----


Cheers,

Bob

You could be right about the Beatles chord there, never played that song.

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Then there's the Hendrix chord: x7678x or something like it. I don't know what song it is in, because to me it's not a Hendrix chord, I'd like to call it the Scotty Moore chord, or something. :)

And the T-Bone Walker chord: x5433x (picked as an arpeggio).

Reelin' in the Years - First chord in the chorus

Gmaj7 add 9
E---------2------------------------------
B----------------------------------------O
G---------2------------------------------
D----------------------------------------O
A----------------------------------------X
E-----------------3----------------------


I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles - Last chord of the song

E6 add 9
E--------------------------7-------------
B--------------------------7-------------
G-------------------6--------------------
D----------------------------------------X
A--------------------------7-------------
E----------------------------------------O


Allman Bros - Stormy Monday - The begins, G7 - C9 - and then alot of players go back to the G7 where it should be a G9. The chord that truly defines this tune is the G9 and it looks like this. - Slide it up a half tone, and then back down. If you're not using this chord, you'll hear it as soon as you play this version. It's especially cool because it lest the bass player fill in the bass note missing from the chord. That's where the "airy" sound comes from.

G9

E----------------------------------------X
B----------------3-----------------------
G---------2------------------------------
D----------------3-----------------------
A---------2------------------------------
E----------------------------------------X


E---------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------

First chord in the Doobie's "listen to the music" (I think that is the song title).

You could be right about the Beatles chord there, never played that song.

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Then there's the Hendrix chord: x7678x or something like it. I don't know what song it is in, because to me it's not a Hendrix chord, I'd like to call it the Scotty Moore chord, or something. :)

And the T-Bone Walker chord: x5433x (picked as an arpeggio).

Damn it! It's a 7#9 chord! :lol:

The 7#9 chord is perhaps the most commonly misrepresented chord in the history of guitar. It would be to every players advantage to know that this:

E---------------------------------------------X
B-----------------------------8--------------
G------------------------7--------------------
D-------------------6-------------------------
A------------------------7--------------------
E---------------------------------------------X or O

is what you can an E7#9 chord.

The reason this is so important is that this cord is used a lot in blues and rock. When a guy calls out a tune like "Too Rolling Stoned" by Robin Trower, and the chord is C# 7#9, is someone going to have to say, "play the Hendrix Chord 3 frets lower," or will you know what to play? Sorry, this one is a little pet peeve of mine. It's really pretty easy to identify the above chord as E7#9 and then simply re-name it as you move up and down the neck. Calling it "The Hendrix Chord" instantly ensures that a person will not know what his band mates are talking about when they use the chord in a different key. Hope this helps.

Damn it! It's a 7#9 chord! :lol:

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The reason this is so important is that this cord is used a lot in blues and rock. When a guy calls out a tune like "Too Rolling Stoned" by Robin Trower, and the chord is C# 7#9, is someone going to have to say, "play the Hendrix Chord 3 frets lower," or will you know what to play?

Yep, they call it the Hendrix chord, as if it was some mystical planet hanging alone at the edge of the universum. I see it as an extension of the open C7. Or actually as a "Freddie Green"/"Mickey Baker" chord (which I call the G7 3x34xx and C7 3x23xx type of chords and their extension on the higher strings).

Anyways, your Stormy Monday ninth chord is a T-Bone Walker chord to me. :)

There was article, I think in Guitar Player, about the Hard Day's Night chord.
The writer had consulted with some academic, who used a spectrum analyzer or some such device to break out all the notes, and concluded it was not just guitar, but a combination of guitar and piano, which explained why it is so hard to get exactly the right sound with just a guitar.

There was article, I think in Guitar Player, about the Hard Day's Night chord.
The writer had consulted with some academic, who used a spectrum analyzer or some such device to break out all the notes, and concluded it was not just guitar, but a combination of guitar and piano, which explained why it is so hard to get exactly the right sound with just a guitar.

Here's a wiki page on it...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Hard_Day's_Night_(song)#Opening_chord

Wild ain't it??

Cheers,

Bob

Anyways, your Stormy Monday ninth chord is a T-Bone Walker chord to me. :)

But what do you call my "Beatle chord?"

LOL! OK, I'll go to my room.:lol:

Damn it! It's a 7#9 chord! :lol:

The 7#9 chord is perhaps the most commonly misrepresented chord in the history of guitar. It would be to every players advantage to know that this:

E---------------------------------------------X
B-----------------------------8--------------
G------------------------7--------------------
D-------------------6-------------------------
A------------------------7--------------------
E---------------------------------------------X or O

is what you can an E7#9 chord.

The reason this is so important is that this cord is used a lot in blues and rock. When a guy calls out a tune like "Too Rolling Stoned" by Robin Trower, and the chord is C# 7#9, is someone going to have to say, "play the Hendrix Chord 3 frets lower," or will you know what to play? Sorry, this one is a little pet peeve of mine. It's really pretty easy to identify the above chord as E7#9 and then simply re-name it as you move up and down the neck. Calling it "The Hendrix Chord" instantly ensures that a person will not know what his band mates are talking about when they use the chord in a different key. Hope this helps.

Funny, as an E (or Eb if I'm tuned down) it's the Hendrix Chord to me, but any other and it's 7#9. It really does define Purple Haze though (Though I'm not a fan of this particular Hendrix tune).

The beginning of Axis: Bold as Love.... well, now we're talking! waht is it A followed by the two scratches? That one gets me going everytime! My hand automatically reaches for the volume knob.

Funny, as an E (or Eb if I'm tuned down) it's the Hendrix Chord to me, but any other and it's 7#9

That probably because the open E string adds a lot of throat to the sound.

This will get you very close:

E ----3----
B ----3----
G ----5----
D ----3----
A ----5----
E ----X----

It really does define Purple Haze though
Or Foxy Lady.

This will get you very close:

E ----3----
B ----3----
G ----5----
D ----3----
A ----5----
E ----X----

Yes except I also fret the 3rd fret on the low E. There was something in Guitar Player examining that chord once. I've always thought of it as a G7sus4

This will get you very close:

E ----3----
B ----3----
G ----5----
D ----3----
A ----5----
E ----X----

No.

That is the opening chord to "Venus" by The Shocking Blue though.

If you asked George about "the chord" he'd say "It's F with a G on top".

The actual recording is at least four instruments. The 12-string doing the "F with a G", Lennon on acoustic guitar doing something similar to the Shocking Blue chord, a note or two on the bass, and a piano. That is why everyone hears something different when they try to analyze it.

No.

That is the opening chord to "Venus" by The Shocking Blue though.

If you asked George about "the chord" he'd say "It's F with a G on top".

The actual recording is at least four instruments. The 12-string doing the "F with a G", Lennon on acoustic guitar doing something similar to the Shocking Blue chord, a note or two on the bass, and a piano. That is why everyone hears something different when they try to analyze it.

I agree with everything you said but with just a telecaster in my hands I've never found a chord that sounded closer.

I agree with everything you said but with just a telecaster in my hands I've never found a chord that sounded closer.

The most important part of that chord voicing is the

E--3
B--1
G--2

part.

That figure also figures prominently in the arpeggios in the outtro.

If you have to do it with one guitar, the barre F with your pinky on the G is a good approximation. But I prefer this one:

E--3
B--1
G--2
D--0
A--0
E--1

with the low F fretted with the thumb. The dissonance of the two open strings give it a nice "clang" that is reminiscent of the record.

The 12th fret harmonic Em chord of "Roundabout.".

But what do you call my "Beatle chord?"

LOL! OK, I'll go to my room.:lol:

G7sus. But it's across I believe two guitars and a piano or maybe even 3 guitars and a piano.

X7#9 - I call the Hendrix chord. "Hendrix chord, 3rd fret" (C7#9). All guitar players born after 1950 know what that is. Don't they? They should :twisted: .

Stormy Monday IS a T-Bone song!! :) The Progression that the Allman Bros use is (if I remember correctly) from T-Bone's song Glamour Girl!

Sorry to get off the subject!

"Start Me Up" by the Stones...
played at every NBA game.
Starts off with a C major to F (something?)
Help me out, someone!

Stormy Monday IS a T-Bone song!! :) The Progression that the Allman Bros use is (if I remember correctly) from T-Bone's song Glamour Girl!



I thought the classic arrangment everyone plays, with the G9 and C9 slide deal, and the "Stormy Monday Turnaround," G Am7 Bm7 Bbm7 D9 came from Bobby "Blue" Bland, with Johnny "Guitar" Watson.

The Police chord (the band), here as C#:
G-----8-
B---6---
A-4-----
E-------

The Police chord (the band), here as C#:
G-----8-
B---6---
A-4-----
E-------


That could also be the New Bohemians Chord

It's such a common chord, but whenever I play the vanilla G chord (cowboy chord) I expect to hear the opening riff from Ziggy stardust.

What about a note leading into a chord progression? The intro to "Wild Thing" by the Troggs.