Your Thing Is A Drag Chords
Your Thing Is A Drag by Sharon Jones And The Dap-kings is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Eb#. It uses the chords Eb9, Ab7, B7 and Bb7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Tuning: Standard
Very "James Brown" tune
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---7----7--------7-----7-------7-----7-------7-----7-----------------------|
G|---6----6--------6-----6-------6-----6-------6-----6-----------------------|
D|---5----5--------5-----5-------5-----5-------5-----5-----------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2: Eb9
e|-----------66666---------66666---------66666-----------66666---------------|
B|-----------66666---------66666---------66666-----------66666---------------|
G|-----------66666---------66666---------66666-----------66666---------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 3: Eb9 (eighth notes)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----------|
G|---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----------|
D|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1 @0:27 Ab7
e|--44444---------44444------------------------------------------------------|
B|--44444---------44444------------------------------------------------------|
G|--55555---------55555------------------------------------------------------|
D|--44444---------44444------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 @0:27 Ab7 (eighth notes)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------------------------|
G|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------|
D|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
@0:40 "I know you think...."
B7 Bb7
e|-7------6------------7-----6--------7-----6--------------------------------|
B|-7------6------------7-----6--------7-----6--------------------------------|
G|-6------5------------6-----5--------6-----5--------------------------------|
D|-7------6------------7-----6--------7-----6--------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Hook palm-muted Eb9
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------------6-6-----6-6---8--6--8b-8---------------|
G|---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------------6-6-----6-6---8--6--8b-8---------------|
D|-----------------------------------------8---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------1b--1--1b--1--|
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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