Pete B. wrote:I assume we're talking about the chord Bobby plays?... (while Jer does his ending riff).
The open position CMaj7 doesn't sound right (to me).
I tried 5 CMaj7 inversions and none of them sound right (to my ear).
I might be playing it wrong.
Can someone post a clear shot of Bobby playing the chord in question?
I've never known what that chord is, and typically do a single note Jerry style ending lick there.
When I do play a chord there I play a kinda D/G following the A.
Can't ya a pic or vid. This pc is too slow for that.
I can play a Cmaj7 anywhere and get it. Preference is the 3rd fret. It was a few years back that I stumbled on this and it just flat out never sounds right until you play it with your band.
I argued with a guy some time about this who was very thick headed despite asking me for help so I said instead just play a G6. Now he swears that is the chord oh well it's close enough when played off the 12th fret.
BTW, for an average Dead bar band I think that ending pulls off nicer than the rallentando of A to D unless you have the room packed with heads.