Think Chords
by James Brown
Think by James Brown is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords Eb7, Bb7, Ab7, Eb9 and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Chorus
Q=160
Eb7
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr.)
Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H
||-------------|------------|------------|------------|
||o-4----------|-4----------|-4----------|-4----------|
||--6----------|-6----------|-6----------|-6----------|
||--5----------|-5----------|-5----------|-5----------|
||o-6----------|-6----------|-6----------|-6----------|
||-------------|------------|------------|------------|
Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|-4----------|-4----------|-4----------|-4----------|
|-6----------|-6----------|-6----------|-6----------|
|-5----------|-5----------|-5----------|-5----------|
|-6----------|-6----------|-6----------|-6----------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
Bb7 Ab7 Eb9 Bb7
E E e E +E e E E E E e E +E e E E E E E E +E E Q Q H.
|---6-6-6-(6)-6-6---|---4-4-4-(4)-4-4---|------------------|----------||
|---9-9-9-(9)-9-9---|---7-7-7-(7)-7-7---|---6---6-(6)-6-6--|----6-----||
|---7-7-7-(7)-7-7---|---5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|---6---6-(6)-6-6--|----7-----||
|---6-6-6-(6)-6-6---|---4-4-4-(4)-4-4---|---5---5-(5)-5-5--|----6-----||
|---8-8-8-(8)-8-8---|---6-6-6-(6)-6-6---|-6-6---6-(6)-6-6--|----8-----||
|-6-----------------|-4-----------------|------------------|----6-----||
1st - 3rd Verses
Eb7
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------4---------|-------4---------|-------4---------|-------4----------|
|-----3-----3-6-5-|-----3-----3-6-5-|-----3-----3-6-5-|-----3-----3-6-5--|
|---5-------------|---5-------------|---5-------------|---5--------------|
|-6---------------|-6---------------|-6---------------|-6----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
PM----------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------4---------|-------4---------|-------4---------|-------4----------|
|-----3-----3-6-5-|-----3-----3-6-5-|-----3-----3-6-5-|-----3-----3-6----|
|---5-------------|---5-------------|---5-------------|---5--------------|
|-6---------------|-6---------------|-6---------------|-6----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Bb7
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------3---------|-------3---------|-------3---------|-------3----------|
|-----3-----3-6-5-|-----3-----3-6-5-|-----3-----3-6-5-|-----3-----3-6-5--|
|---5-------------|---5-------------|---5-------------|---5--------------|
|-6---------------|-6---------------|-6---------------|-6----------------|
PM----------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|-------3---------|-------3---------|-------3---------|-------3-----------||
|-----3-----3-6-5-|-----3-----3-6-5-|-----3-----3-6-5-|-----3-----3-6-----||
|---5-------------|---5-------------|---5-------------|---5--------------o||
|-6---------------|-6---------------|-6---------------|-6-----------------||
Chorus
Eb7
Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H
||-------------|------------|------------|-------------||
||o-4----------|-4----------|-4----------|-4----------o||
||--6----------|-6----------|-6----------|-6-----------||
||--5----------|-5----------|-5----------|-5-----------||
||o-6----------|-6----------|-6----------|-6----------o||
||-------------|------------|------------|-------------||
Bb7 Ab7 Eb9 Bb7
E E e E +E e E E E E e E +E e E E E E E E +E E Q Q H.
||----6-6-6-(6)-6-6---|---4-4-4-(4)-4-4---|------------------|-----------||
||o---9-9-9-(9)-9-9---|---7-7-7-(7)-7-7---|---6---6-(6)-6-6--|----6-----o||
||----7-7-7-(7)-7-7---|---5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|---6---6-(6)-6-6--|----7------||
||----6-6-6-(6)-6-6---|---4-4-4-(4)-4-4---|---5---5-(5)-5-5--|----6------||
||o---8-8-8-(8)-8-8---|---6-6-6-(6)-6-6---|-6-6---6-(6)-6-6--|----8-----o||
||--6-----------------|-4-----------------|------------------|----6------||
Outro
Bb7 Ab7 Eb9
E E e E +E e E E E E e E +E e E E E E E E +E E Q
|---6-6-6-(6)-6-6---|---4-4-4-(4)-4-4---|------------------|
|---9-9-9-(9)-9-9---|---7-7-7-(7)-7-7---|---6---6-(6)-6-6--|
|---7-7-7-(7)-7-7---|---5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|---6---6-(6)-6-6--|
|---6-6-6-(6)-6-6---|---4-4-4-(4)-4-4---|---5---5-(5)-5-5--|
|---8-8-8-(8)-8-8---|---6-6-6-(6)-6-6---|-6-6---6-(6)-6-6--|
|-6-----------------|-4-----------------|------------------|
Bb7 Eb9
Q H. W +W
|------------|----------|--------*|
|----6-------|-6--------|-(6)----*|
|----7-------|-6--------|-(6)----*|
|----6-------|-5--------|-(5)----*|
|----8-------|-6--------|-(6)----*|
|----6-------|----------|--------*|