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Help figuring out these chords
Hey everyone, I'm trying to figure out what chords this guy is playing for the cover of this song he posted on YouTube. I'm thinking he has to have the capo on the 4th fret, at that point I believe he's playing the E major shape which would actually be the G sharp major, after that it would be an A sharp major then I believe he goes to a C but I'm not sure how he's playing that and I can't figure out the chord after that. Any help would be appreciated.
https://youtu.be/13I1y43m4zQ
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I think he's using capo on 1 playing out of the D chord. I hear G & Bm & A chords in there too. The key is to always include the D (3rd fret, 2nd string) on every chord.
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He's playing G#, A#, C minor, then A#. There's no way to tell if he's using a capo.
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If people would simply video in landscape (widescreen) instead of portrait then we could see so much more. Bad form to video in portrait mode...
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You can hear open strings ringing. That's how you can tell.
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Learn the progression, then move it around in different shapes until you get the sound you're looking for. It's nothing but a strum, no sense to make it out to be more.
Here it is ... 4/4 time 4...|5...|6m...|6m.5.| 4...|5...|6m...|6m.5.| 4...|5...|6m...|6m.5.| 4...|5...|6m...|6m.5.| 4...|5...|6m...|6m.5.| 4...|5...|6m...|6m.5.| ad nauseam ... |
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Hey everyone, I just want to thank you all for taking the time out to respond to my post figured it would be easier just to write one response to everybody instead of replying to everybody individually.
I'm definitely going to try out some of the progressions you all mention see what fits properly I just haven't had a chance to do it today. I definitely felt like I can hear the open strings ringing out too it didn't seem like he had a capable on there but as the one person who said if he would just have widened it out a little bit more I wouldn't even be here asking I'm sure I'd be able to pick it out but I'm not that good with my ear and figuring out the chords since I'm just learning the acoustic guitar coming from playing the bass.
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I think he's tuned a half-step down, and playing in A (or E). The chord shapes (I'm pretty sure) are:
x-0-2-2-0-0 = A(sus2) x-2-4-4-0-0 = Bsus4 x-4-6-6-0-0 = C#m7 0-2-2-1-0-0 = E That's the intro anyway. His voice was annoying me, so I didn't listen any further It's possible to play those chords in EADGBE with capo on 1, but you need different shapes, and it wouldn't be nearly as intuitive (and would sound different from what he is playing).
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Here's the detail :
https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab...chords-4227163 Use the +/- to change key to whatever suits you.
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Thanks, he's the only person I can find online that does a straightforward strumming pattern of this song I'm not that good where I can do finger picking like some of the other people who are covering this song.
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My apologies for everything being spelled out I'm using voice to text on my phone as I'm trying to send these messages.
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I.e. capo on 1 would have made the original key easy - using the same shapes he is using. But he's dropped it a whole step, hence the downtuning and no capo. So if you want to play along with the original (in his style), use the shapes I gave with a capo on 1 (in normal EADGBE). If you want to play along with his version, you need to tune down a half-step.
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Watch how he plays his G chord with 6th string/4th fret. It's capo'd at 1 in the key of D and all of the chords have a droning D on the 2nd string.
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