It’s a trick on the ear that hints at both chords – and Jimi did this all the time. In bars 2 and 3 we’re implying both Am and C chords throughout – you can even play these bars in the ‘wrong’ order.

Click the top right box in the tab to enlarge The 6th and 9th chords here are based on the same shape, just two frets higher for the latter. We’re using a fingerstyle approach much like John Mayer ...

The notes in a bass line usually match the chords of the song, and they will often use the root note of each chord. For example, these are the notes that make up some basic chords, with the root ...

To turn any chord into a first inversion, we invert it, as the name suggests. That is, we take the lowest note and move it up an octave, leaving the next lowest note – the third – in the bass.