Hi everyone - indeed this song should be played in open G with a capo on the 4th - at the time I recorded this I just winged it - but the basics of how you play it remain the same - enjoy!
@lightleggyreturns just pretend the capo is the nut all the way back, and use the same shapes if you want to play without one. I know you posted that a year ago!
Wow, tough crowd here....give the guy a break. Actually, he nailed the hardest parts of the song pretty accurately. Yes, the tuning is open G, even though he said E.
Excellent lesson.....I didn't "get what I needed" but I did "get what I wanted" which was the correct way to play this song! I had the basics, but now I have the much needed little morsels I was missing. Thanks!
Its always amazing to see how such a lush sounding Stones song is actually played so easily by Keith Richards -- when demystified, an open tuning is usually the reason. Contrast the simplicity of any Stones song to some of the obscure chord voicings found in many Beatles songs. Thanks for breaking down one of the musical masterpieces of the 20th Century.
That may be correct, I used to play it like that. I think my response (been awhile) had more to do with the G tuning for general open tuning use. e.g.; It;s easy to play leads and chords and slide, all at once in the G tuning. I notice he has a couple of notes in here that I missed, and vice versa :-) I think it's because we all hear different stuff and keith doesn't play it the same, all the time.
