Take It Easy - Eagles

Niiiice!!

This is one of the easiest songs I know to play along with - perfect for here.

Good job!

:) :) :)

Yeah,

Great song dogsbody!

Did you know this song was actually written by Jackson Browne?

Awesome song!

I also play this (very badly).my daughter thinks I play it too fast ,but even slowed down it does not seem right any idea how to get the rhythm and speed.

The easiest way is to play along with the record - sounds simple but takes practise!!!

Learn the song - note for note - till it's embedded in your (sub) consciousness - then load the cd and go for it!!!

Usually works for me.........

Hiya,

The tuning on the CD is slightly flat, so be prepared for it to sound not quite right.

The solo uses the G major (E minor) pentatonic. Have fun.

Best,

A :-)

Thanks for posting the chords, but I have a question how it's not just for this song either. How do you know the strumming pattern and if they don't play all of the strings. Thanks for the help.

I'm pretty much just a beginner and I know this is tough for me also. I started playing this song a couple of weeks ago after seeing it here. I really thought I was doing pretty good with the strumming pattern. But I just heard the song on the radio and realized it's completely different. The pattern I use fits more with the flow of the lyrics. If the strumming pattern doesn't match the words (syncopation I think is the term that's used) I'm completely lost. So I came up with a different strumming pattern, I don't think it matters much. I would like to be able to nail the intro though.

The intro isn't too complicated: G, G, C, D7sus4 - and the strum pattern I use is

Quarter note
eighth note
quarter note
eighth note
eight note
eighth note

and you can let it go off the rhythm a bit without any problems - in fact, I think the recorded version uses a very lazy strum pattern that sort of follows the above but not too tightly.

Best,

A :-)

Thanks for the help Alan,

As I've only been playing a year and a half myself I found the previous two questions a bit difficult to answer.

I'm lucky I suppose in that once I hear a song I can devise a strumming pattern in my head that seems to fit. But putting it down on paper is not so `easy'. (excuse the pun)

Thanks also for the intro chord pattern, now I can start correctly.

Regards

Chris

RE - Intro.......

A friend of mine showed me these voicings, they are what he uses onstage.......

--G C D7sus4

E 3 3 3
B 3 1 1
G 0 0 2
D 0 2 0
A 2 3 0
E 3 x x

For the G, 1st finger on 5th string,2nd finger on 6th string,3rd finger on 2nd string and pinkie on top E string - this never moves, so it's the pivot if you like.......

For the C,leave your pinkie where it is,1st finger to 2nd string,2nd finger to 4th string and 3rd finger to 5th string....

For the D7sus4, leave 1st and pinky where they are, simply move your 2nd finger across to the 3rd string......

Takes a little practise to get it right, but he swears that when he saw the Eagles years ago, he was watching the guitarist's fingers.......always made me jealous, he must've had a really good seat!!!!

:D :D :D

The intro isn't too complicated: G, G, C, D7sus4 - and the strum pattern I use is

Quarter note
eighth note
quarter note
eighth note
eight note
eighth note

and you can let it go off the rhythm a bit without any problems - in fact, I think the recorded version uses a very lazy strum pattern that sort of follows the above but not too tightly.

Best,

A :-)

I use this same pattern D_DU_UDU
May I suggest for dogbody's tab that the chord change to D for "on my" (mind) gets two downstrokes, as the chord changes at mid "phrase." That's how it sounds to me.
I believe that both Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey were co-writers of the song.
Regards,
Fretzky :D

try it with these alternate voicings

G Cadd9 Dsus

E 3 3 3
B 3 3 3
G 0 0 2
D 0 2 0
A 2 3 0
E 3 x x

pinky and 3rd finger stay in place and only move the 1st and 2nd finger

Chris,
I'm amazed at how many views you have on this one.
There must be an awfull lot of Eagles fans out there