Free- Alright Now Great Lesson- Dave Simpson

[chilipeppermaniac]

 

[guitarweasel]

Such a classic song and almost everyone I've seen play or taught it plays it wrong!

 

[iblive]

I’d be one of them doing it wrong.

 

[Don O]

Used to play this over 20 years ago. I have the solo tab stored somewhere, I’ll see if I can find it and post it.

And I did the non-pinky version

 

[iblive]

Used to play this over 20 years ago. I have the solo tab stored somewhere, I’ll see if I can find it and post it.

And I did the non-pinky version

I’d have to as well. For some reason, my pinky doesn’t work like it’s supposed to.

 

[67plexi]

The video posted Orange amp sounds like mud the amp Paul played sounds like a 1968 Marshall Super Lead 100 to me
with a real Bust. What is cool in the Free video is the rare Camco drum set CCR also used Camco back then.

 

[Inspector #20]

Such a classic song and almost everyone I've seen play or taught it plays it wrong!

I never play them the same way twice!!!!!!

 

[Don O]

Here's what I got:

Solo (2:03)

1/2
|------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|-----13b----13b----13b----15--13-----|------13b-------------|
|--14-----14-----14-----14---------14--|--14------------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------|

/--------\ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
|------------------------------|--------------------|
|--15r-----15p13-15p--13---|--------------------|
|------------------------14----|--14/---------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------|

/-------\
|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----13b----13b----13b----13b-13b-----|------13b-------15r---15p13-|
|--14-----14-----14-----14---------14----|--14------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------|



|--------------------------|--15b--------------|------------------|
|--15b-------17b19-13--|--------------------|------------------|
|---------------------14--|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|------------------|
Bass Riff

|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
piano Bass Riff piano

|--------|----------|----------|---------------------|--|--------0-----------|--|
|--------|----------|----------|---------------------|--|--3/5-----/7---7/5--|--|
|-0h2vvv-|--/4--2/4-|-4/2--vvv-|--2/4---4/2vvv-|--|--------------------|--|
|--------|----------|----------|----------------------|--|--------------------|--|
|--------|----------|----------|---------------------|--|--------------------|--|
|--------|----------|----------|---------------------|--|--------------------|--|

~~~~~~
|------0-------------|--|------5-----------------|--|-------|--|--|
|-5------/7----7/5--|--|------------------------|--|-8/10--|--|--|
|--------------------|--|-2h4-----4b5r4--2vvv-|--|-------|--|--|
|--------------------|--|------------------------|--|-------|--|--|
|--------------------|--|------------------------|--|-------|--|--|
|--------------------|--|------------------------|--|-------|--|--|



|-----------------------------------------------|
|:-10----10----10----10----10--12b14vvv---:|
|----9h11--9h11--9h11--9h11----------------| 2x
|-----------------------------------------------|
|:----------------------------------------------:|
|-----------------------------------------------|


|-------------------------------|-|----0------------------|-|---0-------------------|
|-13b14--r12--10------10vvv-|-|-12b14r12-10----10-|-|-12-b14-r12-10----10vv-|
|------------------11-----------|-|--------------11------|-|----------------11-----|
|-------------------------------|-|-----------------------|-|-----------------------|
|-------------------------------|-|-----------------------|-|-----------------------|
|-------------------------------|-|-----------------------|-|-----------------------|

/---------\
|------17-----17-----17-----17-----17------|-----------17---20b22-|-r20p17-20-----|
|-17h20--17h20--17h20--17h20--17h20---|-20b22vvv-----17-----|---------------|
|----------------------------------------------|------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------------------------------|------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------------------------------|------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------------------------------|------------------------|---------------|



|---------17-------------|-|-17-----17-----17-----17-----17-----17------|------------|
|-20b22vv---20b22vv--|-|---17h20--17h20--17h20--17h20--17h20---|------------|
|------------------------|-|------------------------------------------------|------------|
|------------------------|-|------------------------------------------------|------------|
|------------------------|-|------------------------------------------------|------------|
|------------------------|-|------------------------------------------------|------------|


|------------17-------|-20b22-r20-22----r20p17-|-20-----------17-|-------------|
|-20b22--22-----17-|-----------------------------|----20b22vvv----|-------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------|-------------|

prebend

|------------------------|---|--------|-------------------------------------|
|-20--22-r-20--19-17vvvvv|vvv|vv-|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------|---|--------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------|---|--------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------|---|--------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------|---|--------|-------------------------------------|

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

The Guy

Used to play this over 20 years ago. I have the solo tab stored somewhere, I’ll see if I can find it and post it.

And I did the non-pinky version

The Guys in ACTION when I was 6.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

The video posted Orange amp sounds like mud the amp Paul played sounds like a 1968 Marshall Super Lead 100 to me
with a real Bust. What is cool in the Free video is the rare Camco drum set CCR also used Camco back then.

Hmm Steve,. I didn't pick up on it being a Camco. I was thinking Slingerland, but I tried looking as closely as possible in the video, and I think they might actually be George Hayman drums.

Simon Kirke - Mike Dolbear

If anybody were to ask me what records I would have liked to have played on – right up at the top would be Free’s ‘Alright now’. Simon Kirke and I have often bumped into each other by accident at various watering-holes but this time we were meeting by design. Simon was here doing a …

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