Would love some help figuring out the chords to Mighty High along with the riff after the chorus and buildup before the jam ..
Thanks
Cameron
Thanks
Cameron
astroman99 wrote:Hey Jeff, looks great, question about the intro though, I always played a C#7th down to a C7th, you virtually have a D7th down to a C#7th, I know you dont have the root in there, could you be mistaken, or is it me?I am sure you are right, like I said I could have transposed stuff because I did this without guitar in hand at work, looks like the opening 2 chords need to be moved down 1 fret, same shape though
Love that chromatic run and the offbeats
[Intro]
|| Fdim/B | Edim/Bb | Fdim/B | F | F7 ||
Fdim/B xx9-10-9x
Edim/B xx898x
F x8-10-10-10x
F7 x878xx
[Chorus]
Bb
Take a load off your mind
Eb
Ride the mighty glory
Ab Eb
Listen to my story
Bb
Ride the mighty high
Bb
Take a load off your mind
Eb
Ride the mighty glory
Ab Eb
Listen to my story
Bb
Ride the mighty high
[Verse 1]
Bb
Take a load off your feet
Cm
Hear what I'm saying
Cm
Hear what I'm saying
Bb
It will set your mind at ease
Bb
I was a lonely man
Cm
A lonely man indeed
Cm
God took all my troubles
Bb
Yes he did, he set me free
[Chorus]
Bb
Take a load off your mind
Eb
Ride the mighty glory
Ab Eb
Listen to my story
Bb
Ride the mighty high
Bb
Take a load off your mind
Eb
Ride the mighty glory
Ab Eb
Listen to my story
Bb
Ride the mighty high
[Verse 2]
Bb
He led me to discover
Cm
The man that I could be
Cm
Let him be your leader
Bb
He's so good he'll set you free
Bb
Listen to my story
Cm
Listen to my plea
Cm
Let him be your leader
Bb
He will set your mind at ease
[Chorus]
Bb
Take a load off your mind
Eb
Ride the mighty glory
Ab Eb
Listen to my story
Bb
Ride the mighty high
Bb
Take a load off your mind
Eb
Ride the mighty glory
Ab Eb
Listen to my story
Bb
Ride the mighty high
[Refrain]
Ab Eb Riff
Come on and ri_____ide the mighty high
Ab Eb Riff
Come on and ri_____ide the mighty high
Ab Eb Riff
Come on and ri_____ide the mighty high
Ab Eb Riff
Come on and ri_____ide the mighty high
Riff
s e e e s e
e||---------------------------||
B||---------------------------||
G||*-------------------------*||
D||*-8--6------------er--Qr--*||
A||--------10-9--6h8----------||
E||---------------------------||
(Note, sometimes Garcia strums a triple Bb in place of the Quarter rest)
[Solo]
||: Bb | Cm | Cm | Bb :||
(Repeat as many times as desired)
[Chorus]
Bb
Take a load off your mind
Eb
Ride the mighty glory
Ab Eb
Listen to my story
Bb
Ride the mighty high
Bb
Take a load off your mind
Eb
Ride the mighty glory
Ab Eb
Listen to my story
Bb
Ride the mighty high
[Refrain]
Ab Eb Riff
Come on and ri_____ide the mighty high
Ab Eb Riff
Come on and ri_____ide the mighty high
Ab Eb Riff
Come on and ri_____ide the mighty high
Ab Eb Riff
Come on and ri_____ide the mighty high
Riff
s e e e s e
e||---------------------------||
B||---------------------------||
G||*-------------------------*||
D||*-8--6------------er--Qr--*||
A||--------10-9--6h8----------||
E||---------------------------||
(Note, sometimes Garcia strums a triple Bb in place of the Quarter rest)
[Interlude]
||: Fdim/B | Edim/Bb :|| (x3)
|| Fdim/B | F | F ||
[Chorus]
Bb
Take a load off your mind
Eb
Ride the mighty glory
Ab Eb
Listen to my story
Bb
Ride the mighty high
Bb
Take a load off your mind
Eb
Ride the mighty glory
Ab Eb
Listen to my story
Bb
Ride the mighty high
[Refrain]
Ab Eb Riff
Come on and ri_____ide the mighty high
Ab Eb Riff
Come on and ri_____ide the mighty high
Ab Eb Riff
Come on and ri_____ide the mighty high
Ab Eb Riff
Come on and ri_____ide the mighty high
Riff
s e e e s e
e||---------------------------||
B||---------------------------||
G||*-------------------------*||
D||*-8--6------------er--Qr--*||
A||--------10-9--6h8----------||
E||---------------------------||
End the song on a strummed Bb triplet
| t |
s e e e s e e e e
e||-----------------------------||
B||-----------------------------||
G||*---------------------------*||
D||*-8--6------------er--8-8-8-*||
A||--------10-9--6h8-----8-8-8--||
E||----------------------6-6-6--||