CrznDnUS1 wrote:Also I dont know if it's right but in the "Meet Me In Margaritaville" songbook he has it like this:
G, C, G, Am7, Bm7, Am11(on the 3rd fret), G.
It dosen't say anytihg about alt tuning or moving up the fret board. But to me it looks like he is playing the same chords at a different location to add a change or sort of break, since the whole song in the book has no changes to the chords. But I could be wrong, wouldn't be the first time that happend.
That is probably the most correct way but as in any song there are some added chords that you can skip that will not affect the overall sound of the song. Especially for those of us that are not really good.
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CrznDnUS1 wrote:Also I dont know if it's right but in the "Meet Me In Margaritaville" songbook he has it like this:
G, C, G, Am7, Bm7, Am11(on the 3rd fret), G.
It dosen't say anytihg about alt tuning or moving up the fret board. But to me it looks like he is playing the same chords at a different location to add a change or sort of break, since the whole song in the book has no changes to the chords. But I could be wrong, wouldn't be the first time that happend.
That is probably the most correct way but as in any song there are some added chords that you can skip that will not affect the overall sound of the song. Especially for those of us that are not really good.
I guess that's why I changed the barred Am11 on the 3rd fret to a single note on the first fret. I bet you if you asked the author he would say just play it so it sounds good to you and so you enjoy it.
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Reefdiver wrote:According to the Jimmy Buffett Guitar Anthology book, the chords are...
G- C- C/B-Am7-G-Am7-Bm7-Am7-G-C/G- G-Am-Bm7-Am7-G-Am-Bm7-Am7-G-D7-G. In that order. Don't know if it's right or not, but I'm gonna give it a try later on. At least there's no barre chords in it. Damn, I hate those things.
BTW, the anthology book has it tabbed too.
I dunno how you play a Bm7, but the way *I* play it, it's a bar chord.
Then again...given where often I play it, they're *all* "bar chords." Unless I'm playing in a coffeehouse.
Now I just gotta figure out a tasteful way of playing the back 4 of the instrumental...
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Well, when I posted that, I was going by the diagram in The JB Anthology book. It has a Bm7 as being played by depressing the A string second fret, G string second fret, and B string third fret. After checking The Fender Chord Finder book, you are absolutely correct. Bm7 is a bar chord. Guess thats why I pretty much s*** at playing guitar. There's so many different ways to play different chords that I get confused easily. The fact that I've only been playing for less than a year, probably has a lot to do with it too. I'm still using the cheaters way of forming an F chord. Wanna give me some free lessons?
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Reefdiver wrote:Well, when I posted that, I was going by the diagram in The JB Anthology book. It has a Bm7 as being played by depressing the A string second fret, G string second fret, and B string third fret. After checking The Fender Chord Finder book, you are absolutely correct. Bm7 is a bar chord. Guess thats why I pretty much s*** at playing guitar. There's so many different ways to play different chords that I get confused easily. The fact that I've only been playing for less than a year, probably has a lot to do with it too. I'm still using the cheaters way of forming an F chord. Wanna give me some free lessons?
I s*** too, trust me. I prefer the barchord F. I am not familiar with a cheaters F.
I still have trouble getting to the D chord from anywhere.
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Open G does not mean the song starts in D so I don't understand why you're confused. The song does not start in D. The dropped D is not really used but that's the correct tuning. A lot of the music books make easy versions for people who do not really understand how to play guitar in the way of calling out a Dm7th and so on. APLAF can be played in standard tuning just as well. I've done both and the difference does not mean the sun won't set tomorrow. When you're playing a gig you're not going to tune your guitar like that for just one song you're just going to play the basic structure of the tune. Either way it's in G with an A minor and B minor in there. It's no big deal, hell, use a capo and change it.
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