How to Play Come A Little Closer by Dierks Bentley - Part 1
Hey guys, what’s up? This is Aaron. Tonight is George Bentley night, so I hope you enjoy his music, coz that’s what the next couple of lessons you will be coming from, and these lessons tonight are gonna have to be dedicated to Travis Marcum, he’s been one of the guys I’ve met to the site. He’s done a lot of help with the graphic design and also helping moderate the forms, he’s been a big help, so thanks Travis, and here’s some songs for you to play on that new guitar, once your shoulder gets better. Get well soon buddy. Alright, first one is Come Little Closer by George Bentley. Standard tuning, capo’s on the 1st fret, okay. If you’ve learned the songs It Won't Be Like This For Long or Everything Changes, these chord progressions are pretty much the same thing, okay. So the first we’re gonna start out with is an E, so your pointer finger’s gonna be on your one, two, three… third string up, okay on the 1st fret. And then on your four string, and fifth string, which is your A and D, your gonna have your middle and ring on the 2nd fret, so that’s your E chord, okay. I’ll play it, the first chord real quick. One of the easiest probably of all time… okay. So that’s the verse. So we started out on that E, so it’s down – two – three – four, then to get to the next chord, it's an A sus 2. All you’re gonna do is you’re gonna pick your pointer finger up and pick your middle finger up, okay. So only thing you have left is that ring finger on the 2nd fret of your one – two – three – four string, you’re gonna take your pinky, put it right down behind the 2nd fret of your three string, one – two – three, okay. So from the E, you’ll leave that ring finger there as your common finger and as an anchor, leave it there, and your pinky comes right down behind it… and that’s the second chord. Just four down strums, one – two – three – four, okay. Go back to your E, one – two – three – four, A sus 2, one – two – three – four. So after you play the E, to A sus 2, play that twice, then the third time, instead of playing this E for your first chord, you’re gonna play C sharp minor, okay. Now the first thing you’re probably thinking is bar chord, I hate bar chords, don’t worry about this one because, if you notice, this ring finger stays up here, it’s on the same string, okay. It’s only gonna be on four string, whether you’re in the E chord, whether you’re in the A sus 2, or whether you’re in the C sharp minor. So don’t let it scare you, okay. So like I said, the first two times you’re gonna play the… E for four strums, A sus 2, four strums, E for two strums again… four down strums, I’m sorry, A sus 2, two – three – four. So once you get through the E, four down strums to the A sus , four down strums, E, four down strums, A sus, four down strums. Then when you finish that last down strum of your A sus 2, just keep that two fingers right where they are and then slide them up here to the 6th fret above the capo, but if you look at the dodge, your 7th fret. So it’s one, two, three, four, five, six above the capo. Now, so from here on the 2nd fret, slide up four frets, so it's like… yeah. You’re gonna slide up from the 2nd fret to your 6th, okay. Then you’re gonna take this ring finger, I’m sorry, your middle finger and you’re gonna stick it right here on the two string, 5th fret, once you’ve put these fingers down, put the bar on last, okay. It’s always easier to put that bar on last, because if you put your bar on first, and then you put your fingers down and squeeze, your fingers gonna turn a little bit. So put your, these two fingers slide up four frets to the 6th fret above the capo, middle finger goes down on the 5th fret, your two string, and this pointer finger bar across the bottom five strings… that’s your C sharp minor. And just like you played the A, or the A sus 2 and the E for four down strums, you do the same thing with C sharp minor. Slide down here, to the A sus 2 four down strums, back up… okay. So for the verses, you’re gonna do the E, the A sus 2, the E, A sus 2, then you do the C sharp minor to A sus 2, C sharp minor to A sus 2, and then it goes back to the E, to the A sus. Basically the verses are exactly the same as that. The chorus, let’s see, yeah, that’s really, that’s really the only chords you’ll use. Now, in the end of the chora, this end of the chorus right before the solo, you’ll see a lot more sense. The sun’s gonna rise… on the better day… that’s the only thing you have to switch a little bit. So the F sharp minor, it show here in the tab, you bar across the 2nd fret above the capo, one, two, okay. You’re gonna bar across all six strings. Then you’re just gonna put your ring and pinky here on your fourth and fifth strings, two frets up from your bar. So they’re gonna be, this is barred on the 2nd fret these are on the 4th fret, okay, on your four and five strings. And this is a minor chord so it’s barred you don’t need this middle finger, it’s like it’s not even there, kinda like that. Okay, that’s your F sharp minor, so you play that a couple of times, then when you go to your B, this is gonna be more difficult, because it’s a bar where you have to use what I call little mini bar, or this finger bar is only three strings. So where you gonna do that, is when you’re in F sharp minor, okay, you’re gonna move this pinky finger, take it off when you’re here at the B, and then you really just kinda roll your ring finger down, because if you have it on that five string, you roll it down, it comes right off the five string and lay across four, three, and two strings, okay. Then all you have to do is move your bar around, they just bar the bottom five strings. So it sounds just like this… that’s your B, okay. So that’s the B bar chord, if you still have some questions about bar chords, check out the video, I teach some bar chords, alright. Let’s see… then there’s a little guitar solo that I will teach you.