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Something else just occurred to me that you may already have noticed. Joco often plays simple chords in a difficult way. I’m thinking in particular of his G to C combos. He’ll fret the low e with his thumb over the top and the high e with his pinky sometimes so he can do the bass run up the e string. Also he uses the ring finger to fret the low e and his pinky on the high e so that the ring finger can either drop quickly to the a string or mute it while the middle and index form the c chord for a really fast change. The chorus to Soterious Johnson is a good example. This is otherwise really basic except for a few barre chords and the bridge, but to hit the speedy change in the chorus you gotta learn that odd fingering. Again slow and steady. I’ve been playing years but this change really foxed me to start of with because I have become accustomed to regular C and G chord shapes. I recommend learning these ones from the off if you intend to learn JoCo songs. Also Bm and B7 are regulars so learn them too!