It’s time to learn a blues ballad, and there’s no better place to start than on the Peter Green era Fleetwood Mac classic; Need Your Love So Bad. This slow and dreamy, Ray Charles style 12/8 tune in the key of A major, contains essential elements of both blues and jazz. I IV V and I vi ii V.
In this chord study we’ll look at a couple of ways to lay down the changes. From a Motown soul style including a handful of in the pocket “Hendrix-isms”, to a more gentle approach focusing on beautiful inversions, voice leading and picking accuracy.
You’ll come away from this lesson with a ton of new ideas to throw into your chord work.
