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Mountain Medley
Eric Johnson
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This is basically Venus Reprise from the album Venus Isle with lyrics. He has only done
live a few times.
In the chord sequences the rhythm is not specified (listen to the live versions to get it)
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--4--------------------------------------------------|
|--3--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--6---6p4h6p4h6p4h6p4--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
then just use E flat major/C minor pentatonic to come up with your own line/ make
similar to EJ's
then
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--8h10p8h10p8h10p8h10--------------------------------|
|------------------------8h10p8h10p8h10p8h10p8--------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|---------11------------------------------------------|
|-4--6--------6---------4---6-------------------------|
|-4--6----11--6--------4----6-------------------------|
|---------9---6-------4-------------------------------|
|-2--4----------------------4-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
Drum fill
Main Chord sequence (we'll get on top of that mountain)
|------(3)-------------6--6---10---8------------------|
|--8----6---4---1------4--4---8-----------------------|
|--8----5---3---1------3-(3)--8----8------------------|
|-(8)---6---1---1---------6---8----6------------------|X however many times
|--6----3---1---3------6--3---------------------------|
|---------------4-------------------------------------|
Other chord bit (and a' when, it might happen to you)
|---------------------------11--10--------------------|
|-1-3--1---4--3---1--3--1-----------------------------|
|-1-3--1---3--3---1--3--1---10--10--------------------|
|-1-3--1---5--3---1--3--1---8---8---------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-1-3--4---6--6---1--3--4-----------------------------|
the 2nd/3rd time round you can play the Fm7, Gm7 and A#M chords an octave higher
Then back to main chord sequence etc.
Solo is E flat major/C minor pentatonic (just improvise, I copy a few licks from EJ)
Tell me what you think/any improvements on smileyhappydude@hotmail.com