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by Rudy Mancuso & Maia Mitchell • Lesson #138 • Mar 6, 2018
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Chords needed
The entire song uses a F-Am progression (with a D-minor thrown in a few times as a transitional chord).
Barre chords: Slightly simplified:
E ––––––––––––––––– E –––––––––––––1–––
B –––––––––––––6––– B ––––––––1––––3–––
G –––2–––––––––7––– G –––2––––2––––2–––
D –––3––––7––––7––– D –––3––––2––––0–––
A –––3––––7––––5––– A –––3––––0––––––––
E –––1––––5–––––––– E –––1–––––––––––––
F Am Dm F Am Dm
Chord progression
Timing-wise, understand this is the counting. 8 counts on each chord.
F Am
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
When the D-minor is occasionally used, it happens on the final 2 counts before the A-minor:
F Dm Am
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Main riff tab
Play the main riff like this:
E –––––––––––––––––– E ––––––––––––––––––
B –––––––––––––––––– B ––––––––––––––––––
G ––––––––2–x–––2––– G ––––––––-–––––––––
D ––––––––3–x–––3––– x4 D ––––––––7–x–––7––– x4
A ––––––––3–x–––3––– A ––––––––7–x–––7–––
E ––1––––––––––––––– E ––5–––––––––––––––
F Am
If you want to simplify the A-minor, play it like this:
E –––––––––––––––––– E ––––––––––––––––––
B –––––––––––––––––– B –––––––(1)x–––––––
G ––––––––2–x–––2––– G ––––––––2–x–––2–––
D ––––––––3–x–––3––– x4 D ––––––––2–x–––2––– x4
A ––––––––3–x–––3––– A ––0–––––––––––––––
E ––1––––––––––––––– E ––––––––––––––––––
F Am
When the D-minor comes in, do this:
E –––––––––––––––––– E –––––––(1)x––––––– E ––––––––––––––––––
B –––––––––––––––––– B ––––––––3–x–––3––– B –––––––(1)x–––––––
G ––––––––2–x–––2––– G ––––––––2–x–––2––– G ––––––––2–x–––2–––
D ––––––––3–x–––3––– x3 D ––0––––––––––––––– x1 D ––––––––2–x–––2––– x4
A ––––––––3–x–––3––– A –––––––––––––––––– A ––0–––––––––––––––
E ––1––––––––––––––– E –––––––––––––––––– E ––––––––––––––––––
F Dm Am
That’s all you need!
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