Chord Of The Week 8/10/16 BEATLES CHORDS - F#m7b5 from 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' by The Beatles

bigjon

Continuing the progression at the beginning of While My Guitar Gently Weeps, the third chord in the progression after Am x02210 and last week's chord Am/G 3x2210 is 

F#m7b5: 2x2210

The top four strings are the same as for the previous two chords, it's just the descending bassline that creates the new chord. Top tip: if you find yourself called on unprepared to play a m7b5 chord (eg in a minor ii V i jazz progression, which is very common e.g. Autumn Leaves), just play a straight minor chord three frets up and let the bass player take care of the root note ;-)

The chord, again from my heretically-preferred Jeff Healey cover, can be seen being played upside-down and backwards from a great height at 0:03 in this video

bigjon

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viz

Nice trick about the minor, 3 frets up!