• From: Stockton-on-Tees UK
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Topic: Help with song please

Hi all

On the Bellamy Brothers page there is a song called Sugar Daddy that I would like to play but I don't understand the notation.  I may just be  thick but could somebody help me out and explain it to me?

Thank you

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  • From: Sligo, Ireland
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Re: Help with song please

Just looked at it and it does not make a lot of sense to me either. I do not know the song, but wonder are the numbers refering to the chords, as in I,IV,V. example in the key of G the 1 refers to the G chord, 4 to the C chord, 5 the D. 2m persumably is Am  and 2 is A . Reading the tab from left to right. hope this helps
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  • From: Stockton-on-Tees UK
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Re: Help with song please

Hi Darkvalley - that does seem correct.  Now I just need to figure out what 5 2m means.  Thanks for your help.

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Re: Help with song please

My guess is that 5 2m is a slash chord of the fifth with the bass of the second.  That's a total wild guess.  Probably use that as an opportunity to walk down from the fifth through a minor arpeggio to whatever the next chord is.

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Re: Help with song please

bolleauxp wrote:

Hi Darkvalley - that does seem correct.  Now I just need to figure out what 5 2m means.  Thanks for your help.

I would guess that the fifth then the second minor is played. So in the key of G as used earlier; fifth is D and the second minor is Am.

I would also sugesst, because of the spacing that perhaps the duration of playing these chords is half that of the others.

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Re: Help with song please

This appears to be the Nashville chord numbering system, I think.  Check it out here.
http://www.gospelmusic.org.uk/resources … bering.htm

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Re: Help with song please

Hi Bolleauxp, I've played this song at times....that line has always been confusing. The way I play it is:

1       1       2m         5

meaning: G       G       Am        D (if your playing in the key of G)
and this works for me sitting around the living room jammin. I'm not real sure how to put this but I think that the {5     2m}      {Em       5}, they were trying to follow the vocalization at that part of the song. I hope this helps, by the way, I got to see the Bellamy Brothers several years ago in Vicksburg, Mississippi at one of the riverboat casinos. They were fantastic!

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8 Reply by bolleauxp (edited by bolleauxp 2010-07-30 09:32:17)

  • From: Stockton-on-Tees UK
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Re: Help with song please

Thanks to you both Pete and Scott for your help on this one.  I think I've got it now.

Ian

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