Shaky Ground Chords
Shaky Ground by Delbert McClinton is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
E |----------------------------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------|
A |--------7L----7--7--4-----5-----------x--x--x--x----|
E |--0-------------------------------------------------|
1 + e + 3 4 e + a
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--------7-----7--7--4-----5-----4-----5-----5s-7----||
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1 + 2 e + 3 + 4 + a
This is the main guitar riff for almost the entire song.
(There's a brief part with a A major and B major chords.)
Funk blues with 16th notes (1e+a 2e+a)
L - tied note
s - slide
x - dead note