B Chord question

musicismylife78

I am all ready to play my first PJ song. I chose Elderly Woman, the only problem is I am not sure how to play a B chord, which is prominent in the song. I know you are supposed to hold down all six strings on one fret and then with your other fingers hold down a few strings on other frets. Any tips on how to play this? I have no idea.

Gossard_Is_God

There is no B chord in that song.

casper leblanc

The B-chord he's talking about is:

-3-
-3-
-0-
-0-
-2-
---

not a real B, but the root note is on the B. I don't really know what I'm talking about here theory wise, but this is the so-called B-chord you're talking about. It's actually a G/B.

check this out, it's the tab from GivenToWail

http://www.giventowail.com/new/tabs/pj/vs/ewbtciast.txt

Eddie_Vedder_83

Cheguevara6 wrote:

I am all ready to play my first PJ song. I chose Elderly Woman, the only problem is I am not sure how to play a B chord, which is prominent in the song. I know you are supposed to hold down all six strings on one fret and then with your other fingers hold down a few strings on other frets. Any tips on how to play this? I have no idea.

It's the G chord without using the low E-string, it's called the G/B chord.

song goes like

D Cadd9 G/B G
C asus4 Em
D Cadd9 G/B G
C asus4 Em
D Cadd9 G/B G

that's the whole song

musicismylife78

thanks for the info guys. That helps. I just picked the the guitar and now am finally ready to try some good songs. i have been spending awhile practicing childrens songs. I got confused because there are a ton of different variations of each song. AZ Chords.com, and ultimateguitar have all thse songs listed but there are a million different variations. Its kind of frustrating. I dont know which site to trust. Although Giventowail.com is a reliable one

musicismylife78

for example look at this from AzChords
http://www.azchords.com/p/pearljam-tabs-2995/smalltown-tabs-112572.html


http://www.azchords.com/p/pearljam-tabs-2995/bettermanacoustic-tabs-112535.html

http://www.azchords.com/p/pearljam-tabs-2995/elderlywoman-tabs-154126.html


http://www.azchords.com/p/pearljam-tabs-2995/elderlywomanbehindthecounterinasmalltown-tabs-192549.html


All of them are different from the chords on given to wail

Eddie_Vedder_83

Cheguevara6 wrote:

for example look at this from AzChords
http://www.azchords.com/p/pearljam-tabs-2995/smalltown-tabs-112572.html


http://www.azchords.com/p/pearljam-tabs-2995/bettermanacoustic-tabs-112535.html

http://www.azchords.com/p/pearljam-tabs-2995/elderlywoman-tabs-154126.html


http://www.azchords.com/p/pearljam-tabs-2995/elderlywomanbehindthecounterinasmalltown-tabs-192549.html


All of them are different from the chords on given to wail

when it comes to Pearl Jam or any side project you can always rely on Giventowail.com

http://www.giventowail.com/new/tabs/pj/vs/elderlywomanchords.txt

Montreal1993

sorry...there is no B-chords in Small town..lol
yes you play the B...but not the chord....just one string...lol

StuffnJunk

for now just learn these chords (and you will be able to play 4 billion songs)

A, Am, C, D, Dm, E, Em, F, G

all first position chords

Eddie_Vedder_83

StuffnJunk wrote:

for now just learn these chords (and you will be able to play 4 billion songs)

A, Am, C, D, Dm, E, Em, F, G

all first position chords

add B Bb Gm Cadd9 and you are practically a guitar god on the go