[gitfidl_pickr]

This is kind of an idea too. When we are strumming 1-4-5 chords we are holding them down for maybe a couple bars. (Some call that "sustain"). But when you are playing chords for melody you are holding it down for just ONE note (maybe two). So you do not want to have a "death grip on it" but just have the chord all down when the pick passes over and release. This is also good for dance rythms (in a band) .. no sustain. So the object of all of this is not "heavy" touch but "light" touch. (I always called them "bar" chords before). Not all of the chords are going to be "bar" chords because 6th, minor 7ths, diminished, Major 7ths will have different fingerings but all 4 fingers are involved. So get in the habit of light-quick-plunk=plunk=plunk changing chords with each beat. Use turn arounds Bb=Bbdim=Fm7=Bb7 ....G=G#dim=Am7=D7 one beat per chord ... do it a lot. Light touch -- just enough to get a clear chord then release. Fast .. faster .. faster .. use this to get your change speed up .. notice the ENDING of Foggy Day ... also shi-ning ev-ry-where .. all chord changes... also Fog-gy Lon-don Town (one beat per chord)

F // Ebm6/ Gm7// C13/
A foggy day in London Town
F / Ab7 / G7/ C13 / Eb+11 /
Had me low and had me down
Dm9 / F9/ Bb6/ F7/
I viewed the morning with alarm
Fma7 Cdim G13 Gm7 C7
British museum had lost its charm
F / Ebm6/ Gm7/ C13/
How long I wondered could this thing last
F / Ab7 / G7/ C13 / C7
But the age of miracles hadn’t past
F/ F13/ Bb6/ Eb9/
and suddenly I saw you there
F / Bb6 Bbm F / Bb6 Bbm Fma7
And in foggy London town
F6 E6 Gbma7 Fma7
The sun was shining everywhere

end: F Fma7 / F7 / Bm6 Dm6 Bbm6 Gbma7 Fma7


This is also nice ... very stuccato .. dit-dit== dit-dit== dit-dit

D D6 D7 D6 D9
Let the rain pit - ter pat - ter,

Em7 D9 Am7 D9 D7/9 GM7 Bm7-5 E7/9
But it real - ly does - n't mat - ter if the skies are grey.


Nice Bar Chords ... not too many chord changes ... nice pattern
Bm7 E7 Bm7 E7
Cigarette holder, which wigs me,

C#m7 F#7 C#m7 F#7
Over her shoulder, she digs me;

Am(V) B7 Fm7 Bb9 A6 Edim Bm7 E7
Out cattin', that satin doll.
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Bm7 E7 Bm7 E7
Baby shall we go out skippin'?

C#m7 F#7 C#m7 F#7
Careful, amigo -- you're flippin;.

Am(V) B7 Fm7 Bb9 A6
Speaks Latin, that satin doll.

Bridge:
Em7 A7 Em7 A7 DMAJ7 Bm7 Em7 DMAJ7
She's nobody's fool, so I'm playin' it cool as can be;

F#m7 B7 F#m7 B7 E7 Bm7-5
I´ll give it a whirl, but I ain´t for no girl catchin´ me --

E7-9
Switcharooni.
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Bm7 E7 Bm7 E7
Telephone number, well a you know,

C#m7 F#7 C#m7 F#7
I'm doin my rumba with uno,

Am(V) B7 Fm7 Bb9 A6 Cdim F#7
And that'n, my satin doll.

Coda:
Am(V) B7 Fm7 Bb9 A6 Bb9 A6
And that'n, my satin doll.

There are a number of "lyrics" sits on the web (Jumbo Jimbo) .. get show tunes, jazz tunes and I. Berlin if you can find them.

Have fun! (Git-er-done)