Emmylou Harris - Blue Kentucky Girl Chords
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How to play Blue Kentucky Girl on Guitar (Step-by-step)
Emmylou Harris - Blue Kentucky Girl on guitar requires 5 chords and 6 core chord transitions. You can find the full step-by-step guide below. Before you start, tune your instrument. The song uses the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ pattern; practice it muted first, or simplify to downstrokes while you learn the changes.
Blue Kentucky Girl uses these transitions most often: C7 → F (9), F → G7 (9), and Bb → F (8). These transitions may feel a little challenging at first, but with steady practice you can play this song quickly.When you are ready, begin with F - Bb chord transition.
1. F → Bb chord transition
To move from F to Bb:
- Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 1.
- Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to D string fret 3.
- Lift your ring finger from A string fret 3 and place it on G string fret 3.
- Slide your pinky from D string fret 3 to B string fret 3.
This transition appears in the verse, played 8 times.
2. F → G7 chord transition
Switching from F to G7:
- While playing F, lift your pinky from D string fret 3.
- Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 2.
- Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to E string fret 3.
- Lift your ring finger from A string fret 3 and place it on E string fret 1.
This transition appears in the verse, played 9 times.
3. G7 → C chord transition
Switching from G7 to C:
- Lift your index finger from A string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 1.
- Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to D string fret 2.
- Lift your ring finger from E string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 3.
This transition appears in the verse, played 4 times.
4. C → C7 chord transition
To move from C to C7:
- Keep index finger on B string fret 1.
- Keep middle finger on D string fret 2.
- Keep ring finger on A string fret 3.
- Place pinky on G string fret 3.
This transition appears in the verse, played 4 times.
5. C7 → F chord transition
To move from C7 to F:
- Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 1.
- Slide your middle finger from D string fret 2 to G string fret 2.
- Keep ring finger on A string fret 3.
- Lift your pinky from G string fret 3 and place it on D string fret 3.
This transition appears in the verse, played 9 times.
6. G7 → C7 chord transition
Here's how to move from G7 to C7:
- Lift your index finger from A string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 1.
- Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to D string fret 2.
- Lift your ring finger from E string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 3.
- Place pinky on G string fret 3.
This transition appears in the verse, played 5 times.
Blue Kentucky Girl chord transition analysis
A short, data-driven summary of the chord flow in Blue Kentucky Girl.
- Blue Kentucky Girl includes 47 chord transitions, 6 of them unique.
- These transitions represent 0.01% of all chord transitions in Chordier.
- Blue Kentucky Girl contains 2 of the top 25 transitions across Chordier.
- These transition patterns show how Blue Kentucky Girl connects to the rest of Chordier. Mastering them helps you move to similar songs faster.After F, the most likely next chords across Chordier are C (40%), G (21%), and Am (11%).
- F → Bb: 5%
- F → G7: 3%
After G7, the most likely next chords across Chordier are C (69%), C7 (5%), and F (5%).- G7 → C: 69%
- G7 → C7: 5%