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July 19, 2008 7:05 AM

Easy guitar question! Can anyone help me figure out what chords are being played in the chorus to this youtube video?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-uZ19EYzX4c

I'm just looking for the chords to the chorus (starts around 28s). For what it's worth, the camera zooms in a bit closer on his fingers just before the chorus, and really close before the next repeat (1:28), but I still can't work it out!

My best guess is:

Am C(?) F E

But I'm pretty sure I'm missing something... please help!

posted by surenoproblem to Media & Arts (6 answers total)

Best answer: In this other video it seems to be Am, F, Dsus2. I can't quite hear well enough in the one you posted, but to me it sounds like they're doing the same thing except with Dm instead of Dsus2. (Actually, they're playing it in a different key in your video, so it's Gm, Eb, Cm.)
posted by equalpants at 8:09 AM on July 19, 2008

These ears say Gm, Eb, Cm too.
posted by dfan at 11:50 AM on July 19, 2008

It's a little hard to play in that key. You have to play the Eb with the fiendish "C-form" barre chord.
posted by Rich Smorgasbord at 1:00 PM on July 19, 2008

Best answer: This is why you've got to rely on your ears and not your eyes. He's using the chord shapes for Am, C, and Dm, but his guitar is tuned down a whole step, so it sounds as Gm, Bb, and Cm.
posted by ludwig_van at 4:14 PM on July 19, 2008

Actually the second chord might be Ebmaj7. The audio quality makes it difficult to say for certain.
posted by ludwig_van at 4:16 PM on July 19, 2008

Response by poster: Thanks so much, guys! I wasn't even close!
posted by surenoproblem at 9:54 PM on July 22, 2008