Chris Stapleton – Tennessee Whiskey (Chords)
I like to keep it pretty varied on Uke Hunt but I think this is the first modern, mainstream country song I’ve written up. That’s thanks to the dominance of formulaic, disingenuous bro-country. But with its 6/8 time signature, southern soul influenced vocals and Albatrossy guitar work (the two songs have the same relative chord progression as well) Tenneesee Whiskey makes for a very nice change of pace.
UPDATE: Thanks to Dea for pointing out the song was written in the 80s by Dean Dillon and Linda Hargrove and was first a hit for George Jones. So there still isn’t a modern, mainstream country song I like.
Suggested Strumming
You can use this strum almost all the time:
d – d u d –
The only time you need to mix it up is on the short Asus4 chord. There I use:
d u – u d –
Together they sound like this:
Twiddley Bits
Here’s tab for a uke version of the Albatrossy intro:
This is one of those cases where transposing from guitar to ukulele is very easy. If a line is played on the E- and A-strings of the guitar (i.e. the bottom two) then you can transfer them directly to the E- and A-strings of the ukulele.
This is wonderful……thanks so very much…..I received Mr Stapleton’s cd for Christmas….and the “bits” that you add are fabulous…..and the theory that you add …..it is all so very helpful and……I am over the moon happy!!!! Linda