Place Your Hands | The Reef Riff EVERYONE Plays WRONG!

Back in 1996, Reef released their hit single 'Place Your Hands'. This track features a chordal riff primarily played in the intro and choruses. KZbin and Tablature would lead you to believe there's a correct way to play this however in this guitar lesson I'm going to uncover the real correct way of playing this!
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[@richardholliday6651]

I had the official tab sheet music of this in the 90s and that just showed the bottom E string dropped to D, D chord played as a 3-note (standard A chord shape) and the G chord was an EM7 three note shape (sort of like a standard D5/Dsus2 shape with the extra note above) on the 7th fret.

[@kingpinsbarbershop4669]

nice spot on the D chord omitting the octave but the second chord Is actually a G triad (the same shape as you are playing but omit the E in the bass (think of it as a C shape but). was a killer riff and a huge tune at the time.

[@SamBellGuitar]

Nice one! Never knew that, been playing it wrong for years haha Thanks Josh!

[@JKGuitar]

😆 No problem, thanks for watching Sam!

[@jpesaran]

This is genius. You have proper talent. Ty

[@JKGuitar]

No problem, thanks for watching!

[@speedy7834]

Great detective work! Well done!

[@JKGuitar]

Thank you!

[@CAB1701]

good work knackers 🤙

[@martynrandall7652]

Hats of to ya mate well worked out, im gunna try and get the lads to ok it for the band great song. Cheers.

[@JKGuitar]

We play this song live and it ALWAYS goes down a treat. A nice little second set song to get the crowd going

[@8BallAde]

👏👏👏THANK YOU!!! That song has been bugging me for a while, it just didn't sound right! Like you said, a little difference can make all the difference... Thanks, great work.

[@JKGuitar]

No problem! It frustrated me for a while too as it was pretty close but not exact.

[@matthewbeddall6971]

Genius! I was having the same issúe with this song, those notes sound spot on, tone needs to be a lot cleaner though, once I cleaned my guitar up it got much closer, thanks for the vid, big help!

[@JKGuitar]

Not a problem, glad it helped!

[@jasonwooler801]

nailed it. I played it wrong for ages until I accidentally played it properly. It was then I realised I'm not a shit player, I just played it wrong.

[@JKGuitar]

The difference between the two ways of playing it is really clear now. It just sounds much better with this chord and less dull sounding!

[@minod999]

You've cracked it with the D7, but it sounds like he slides up from D7 to Em7 instead of hammering into Em7.

[@JKGuitar]

Close to a D7 chord but not quite. It's really just a regular D but it's missing the octave. Root, 5th, 3rd is the construction. When I play this live, I slide to the Em in the verses only. There's is a change from the main riff.

[@ACHelliwell]

Good eye!

[@JKGuitar]

Thanks mate!

[@fastacesus8499]

Wow that's interesting.

[@JKGuitar]

Thanks! It's a subtle change but it makes such a big difference

[@alicec1533]

pretty sure there's no E in the bass of the second chord.

[@JKGuitar]

Correct. When I play this live, the bass of the second chord of the main riff is a A (7th fret D) which hammers onto the 9th fret D

[@alicec1533]

@@JKGuitar cool! learning this song to play w/ my band :)

[@SamRobertsGuitar]

Not Aqua?!

[@JKGuitar]

The real debate in this video!

[@petermulreany1847]

Trying to fix something that aint broken, sorry

[@JKGuitar]

Respect the opinion. I think it sounds better played like the original guitarist did but each to their own.

[@crickeyboy]

Try it on a Les Paul. Your tone is all over the shop

[@JKGuitar]

The aim of the video is regarding the chord/chords, not tone.