T-Bone Walker Chord (G9): how to play it on guitar

T-Bone Walker Chord (G9): guitar chord

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Frets 2–3 · 3rd in bass · 4 strings

FamousT-Bone Walker ChordCall It Stormy Monday, 1947 · T-Bone Walker

The little ninth-chord figure on the I chord (G) that answers the vocal and runs through the song

A ninth chord played without its root, with the third at the bottom: for G9 that is B, F, A and D. Leaving out the root makes a light, jazzy sound that sits above the bass, and T-Bone Walker slides it in from a fret away. His Stormy Monday figure passed straight to B.B. King and much of the blues guitar that followed.

Also called T-Bone ninth, Sliding ninth

Sources: Deep Blues: 9th Chords and the Truth, Pt. 1 (Premier Guitar) · How to Play Stormy Monday (Guitar Control) · Call It Stormy Monday, Wikipedia · Jazz Chords Meet the Blues (TrueFire blog)

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What’s in it

R Gleft out3 B5 D♭7 F9 A

About this shape

Lowest note: B2, the 3rd
Highest note: D4, the 5th
Stretch: 2 frets
Fingers: 4 fingers

Where it sits on the neck

Fingering not checked by a guitarist yet.

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