How To Play Jumpin Jack Flash (Studio) Rolling Stones

NOTE:

At 4:48 for some reason I say the last chord in the progression is A when it should be a B. Please be aware of this error! Apologies for the confusion.

This Part 1 video shows how I think the studio recording of Jumpin Jack Flash is played. The studio recording and how Keith Richards has played it live are two COMPLETELY different techniques.

You may find many many tabs on how Keith has played it on the studio recording but I've never been satisfied with any of those tabs. This is how I've played it myself and I think it is close to the original. With that in mind...this is NOT the official version on how Keith played it originally. Normally I wouldn't post it but I feel strongly about the results and feel good about it.

Guitar: Standard Tuning

I've tuned the guitar slightly flat to match the studio recording.




This video:

Intro
Opening Riff
Main Riff/Verse
Chorus
Played with backing track

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[nankerphelge718]

i don't get where this weird brain jones myth that he led the musical direction and was cheated came from. all of the famous stones' riffs are in open tunings, which is something that richards developed in 68'. he developed a distinctive style with open tunings, and continued to record in the same style on songs like "brown sugar", "start me up",and "tumblin' dice" after brains' death. you can't just steal a style and instantly start comeing up with riffs as good as those, it's the same person.

[electrifiedMK]

i have the same guitar... AWESOME!

[volpegrice]

... I´d like to give you one more advice:

Tune your guitar on open tuning Eb Bb Eb Eb Bb Eb and start on the 7th bar.

Open your ears and maybe you gonna find out how to play the studio version you are talking about. Honestly: You´d better get your "tutorial - how to play" out of youtube and start again. Good luck.

[volpegrice]

You studied ALL about it? I don´t believe it.

Look at the Stones in the Park 69. As I told you: Capo on 4 and open tuning.

[volpegrice]

READ richards´ book LIFE and you probably gonna correct some of your statements and what you show to us. You get the basic B-chord and typical keef-sound only with 5 strings, open G and capo on 4 ! Even the second or third guitar which overdubbed the main riff with 3 notes to get this unique final riff sound. Good luck.

[JRCrowley]

Good video thanks (and your sideburns are awesome.) lol

[cheekstud]

great video mate we are doing this in A in our band and im pretty sure our lead guitarist said keith only done it with 5 strings cheers

[gogalicio]

@captbanjo1 I agree entirely, I hate it when people are just dickheads. You read the comments and you think DICKHEAD DICKHEAD DICKHEAD! You fucking DICKHEAD! AHHHHHHH! Awesome video though, thanks for posting...

[leapsplashafrog]

Hi, I think this was recorded with two rhythm guitars. One open in E ish or E5 ish and the other as you played! Good job :0)

[trabongo]

Ok... is in B.... but the intro is in the bar B (then E, at the same bar with the string of E open... then the A bar....). Any else, good job

[N92Milan]

Well I started to play guitar,and I know the riffs,but you need to have a very speed fingers.