SONG: “Rhythm Doesn’t Make You a Dancer”
ARTIST: Jon Fratelli
KEY: Am, no capo, standard tuning.
“p” = pull
Main Verse Riff:
Am Em F G Am Em F G
|---------------------------------------------------------0----0------|
|---------1p0------------1-0--1-0----------1p0--------------3----3p0--|
|---2---2-----0---0----2-----------0-----2-----0---0----2-------------|
|-2---2---------2----3-----------------2---------2----3---------------|
|------------------------------------0--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------1p0------------1-0--1-0----------1p0------------1-------0---|
|---2---2-----0---0----2-----------0-----2-----0---0----2-------0-----|
|-----2---------2----3-----------------2---------2----3---------------|
|------------------------------------0--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------3--------|
Chorus Riff:
G7 (on “Hey-o-ey-o-ey-o…”)
|------------------------------------------------------------1---|
|------------------------------------------------------------0---|
|------------------------------------------------------------0---|
|-------------------------------------------------(x2)-------0---|
|------6-7----6-7---6-7------3--5-3-2------------------------2---|
|---5-------5-----5-------1------------0--0-4--7-------------3---|
Key Change:
(transition) Bm F#m G A
|-------------------------2---2---2---2---3---3---5---5-------|
|-------------------------3---2---2---2---3---3---5---5-------|
|-------------------------4---3---2---2---4---4---6---6-------|
|----9--8--7--6--5--4-----4---4---4---4---5---5---7---7-------|
|----9--8--7--6--5--4-----2---4---4---4---5---5---7---7-------|
|----7--6--5--4--3--2-----2---2---2---2---3---3---5---5-------|
(Note: He might simply play Bm, F#m, G and A as power chords, like the transition.
In which case, the Bm would probably be “9-11-11,” from low E string to D string.
For the rest, just chop off the top 3 strings and you’ve got your chord.)
Key Change Back:
Bm F#m
|-2--2--2--2------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3--3--2--2------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4--4--2--2---4--5--6--7--8--9-----------------------------------------|
|-4--4--4--4---4--5--6--7--8--9-----------------------------------------|
|-2--2--4--4---2--3--4--5--6--7------6-7---6-7----(etc., see: Chorus.)--|
|-2--2--2--2----------------------5------5------------------------------|
Then Main Verse Riff
Am Em F G
Am Em, F, E, Am
