Superstition (Riff)

by Stevie Wonder

💜 R&B / Soul
Difficulty ★★★☆☆
Tuning Standard
Capo None

One of the funkiest riffs ever written. The clavinet hook adapted for guitar uses Eb minor pentatonic with a syncopated rhythm that locks into the groove. Jeff Beck famously covered this on guitar.

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B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|---1---1-3-1-------1---1-3-1---3-1-3-1--------|
A|---1---1-3-1-------1---1-3-1---3-1-3-1--------|
E|-----------4-1---------4---4-----------4-1----|

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B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|---1---1-3-1-------1---1-3-1---3---1----------|
A|---1---1-3-1-------1---1-3-1---3---1----------|
E|-----------4-1---------4---4-------4-1--------|