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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/ba...r_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.

July 16th, 2012, 08:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
pompeii0 Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada Age: 33 Posts: 234	Robert Cray "Back Door Slam" 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! __________________ If you love these blues, play 'em as you please! - Mike Bloomfield

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sacizob Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middlesex County, MA Posts: 2,185 10 Photos	http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/b/ba...r_slam_tab.htm __________________ Buddy Holly Lives!

July 16th, 2012, 09:44 AM	#3 (permalink)
pompeii0 Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada Age: 33 Posts: 234	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. __________________ If you love these blues, play 'em as you please! - Mike Bloomfield

July 16th, 2012, 04:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
jbmando Friend of Leo's Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Plymouth Meeting, PA Posts: 3,730	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. __________________ "Theory only seems like rocket science when you don't know it. Once you understand it, it's more like plumbing!"~John McGann There is no "A" anywhere in Lynyrd Skynyrd. It's S Q U I E R! Not Squire. Look at your guitar!

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