How to Play - "Foolish Heart" - Grateful Dead / Jerry Garcia - Guitar Lesson

here is everything you need to know to play this awesome song ... includes all chords and chord changes, as well as a look at Jerry's licks that connect everything together ...

see TRACK LISTING for each section ...

there is a chord chart included at the end of this description ...

the concert footage is from 6-11-93 at Buckeye Lake, OH ... thanks for watching!

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TRACK LISTING

0:49 - How to Play - INTRO = A - A (sus 4)

3:58 - How to Play - the ascending "signature" lick

6:49 - How to Play - VERSES - part 1 (Bm - D - F#m)

10:50 - How to Play - VERSES - part 2 (Bm - D - A - E - D)

11:26 - How to Play - VERSES - part 3 (E - F#m Bm- A - G maj 7 - D - A)

16:04 - Chord Chart = INTRO + VERSES

16:17 - Carlo plays through all the chords = INTRO / VERSES

(BRIDGE = "a foolish heart will call on you, and toss your dreams away" ...)

16:39 - How to Play - BRIDGE - part 1 = B (sus 4) - B

18:51 - How to Play - BRIDGE - part 2 = Abm - C#m

19:03 - C#m7(b5) - (the actual chord Jerry plays instead of C#m)

20:28 - How to Play - BRIDGE - part 3 = F# (sus 4) - F#

20:48 - Carlo plays through all the chords = BRIDGE

21:25 - BRIDGE - "F9 variations" - (how Jerry actually plays the F# section)
he plays it different every time ...

most common = F9 - F9 (sus 4) - F9 - F9 (b9) ...
this section includes a few different ways to play it...

22:42 - you can play this F# section as a series of ascending, or descending chords

23:29 - "F#9 (b9)" = chord analysis (the last chord Jerry plays in this F# section) - LOW ON NECK version

24:19 - how Jerry plays the F# changes on the album - (F#9 sus - F# F#9 sus - F#)

25:07 - alternate fingering for ... F#9 sus - F# ... chord change

25:39 - BRIDGE - Carlo's favorite way to play the "F# section"

26:18 - "F#9 (b9)" = chord analysis (the last chord Jerry plays in this F# section) - HIGH ON NECK version

27:57 - How Bob Weir plays through the F# chords ...

28:22 - BRIDGE - Carlo plays through all the chords

28:57 - SPACE JAM = E - E7 ... ( or E - D )

29:14 - END JAM - like INTRO ... A - A (sus 4) (repeating)

30:03 - CHORD CHART - Entire Song
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CHORD CHART ...

INTRO = A - A (sus 4)

A - A (sus 4)

VERSE = Bm - D - F#m

Bm - D - A - E - D

E - F#m

Bm- A - G (maj 7) - D - A

BRIDGE = B (sus 4) - B

B (sus 4) - B

B (sus 4) - B ... (3rd and 4th time Jerry plays B sus - B while band plays A sus - A)

Ab minor - C# minor ... (see lesson for alternate C#m7(b9) chord)

F# (sus 4) - F#

F# (sus 4) - F# ... (see lesson for alternate F9 chords)

JAM = E - E7 ( or E - D)

END JAM = (Like INTRO) - A - A (sus 4) A - A (sus 4)