The grinder

Robert Cray

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The Grinder :
spelen als blues shuffle

A
When I first met you, baby
A
Weren't you a sweet, little thing
A
Worked my fool head off
A
Just to buy that diamond ring
A
Now things are kind of funny
A
You know the way it goes
A
Now you want to put that ring
A
Right on through my nose 
D
You put me through the grinder
                               A
And I kept coming back for more
E                          D
Now all I want to see of you
                                    A
Is your back side headed out that door


Well, you said you needed night school
And I went along with that
Till I followed you last Wednesday, baby
Up to Sonny's flat

I put one and one together
And it added up to fool
Cause what Sonny's got to offer, baby
Ain't teached in any school

You put me through the grinder
You hurt me like an open sore
I don't want no more excuses, baby
Just get on out the door

(Guitar solo)
Ohh, they say this is a world of troubles
Ohh, I've had my share
But you're the kind of burden
I really don't need to bare

I came home a little early
Lord, what I found there
I walked in on you and Richard
And your legs were up in the air

I'm gonna put you through the grinder
I'm gonna even up the score
You better get yourself a lawyer, baby
We're about to go to war

(Guitar outro with words)

What 'cha tryin' to do to me?
Yeah, look here

Zo speel je dit nummer

Leer de akkoorden van The grinder van Robert Cray op gitaar. Dit bluesklassieke nummer staat bekend om zijn toegankelijke, grove gitaarwerk en is perfect voor wie net begint met het spelen van blues. Op Gitaartabs vind je de akkoorden om dit nummer meteen mee te spelen.

The grinder is geschreven op beginner-niveau (niveau 1) en gebruikt vooral de akkoorden A en D. Je hebt het format akkoorden nodig — geen capo, dus je kunt direct aan de slag. Pak je gitaar en ontdek hoe je deze authentieke bluesklassieker uit Heritage Of The Blues: Phone Booth (2003) zelf kunt spelen.

How to practise this song

1
Practise the change: A ↔ D
Play each chord for 4 beats, then 2, then 1 — with the metronome at 60-70 bpm. Only push the tempo once the change is clean and on time.
Open
2
Great first song
Focus on clean chords — let every string ring. Speed comes by itself once the shapes are right.

Exercise: Akkoord-wisseltrainer (G-D-Em-C)8 min · drill this on its own and this song gets easier by itself