How to play Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Texas Flood” – Intro

In 1983, Stevie Ray Vaughan’s debut album “Texas Flood” reintroduced blues guitar back into popular consciousness. The title track is a slow blues in G, much like the jam track from our earlier lesson. While covering the entire song would be best tackled in private lessons, the intro alone is a cornucopia of classic blues triads, 6th chords, 9th chords and a great single-note turnaround lick.

Here is a video of the four-bar intro:

The tablature for this part:

To see Stevie in action watch the video embed below. The playlist beneath the video has links to the tab songbook, the DVD of this performance and other Stevie Ray Vaughan products and reference material. Get to know him!

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