Lockdown Licks no. 338. “Good Times” by Chic. Signature rhythm riff. Played on a Stratocaster into a NUX M8 amp set to clean with some reverb. Using 4 barre chords Em7, E7sus4, A7sus4, A6. A busy funk rhythm played using index,middle and ring fingers for the strumming pattern.
Original guitar by Nile Rodgers.
“Good Times” is a disco soul song by American R&B band Chic from their third album Risqué (1979). It ranks 68th on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and has become one of the most sampled tunes in music history, most notably in hip hop music.