Chords for How To Play Crosby, Stills & Nash Guinnevere Introduction
Tempo:
93.15 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
E
A
G
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Guinevere couldn't really be written by anybody other than David Crosby.
It's typical of his style and, of course, beautiful in that ethereal, otherworldly way.
First of all, we're in a very unusual tuning for Guinevere.
The notes of the guitar are the same as on a standard-tuned guitar, but he puts them in a different order.
So let's go from the first string to the sixth string.
Get your tuner out.
And we're going to do this.
We're going to [A] tune the first string down to [D] D.
We're [Ab] going to tune the [A] second string down to A.
[F] The third string and the fourth string [G] stay the same.
G and D.
[D] [B] But we tune the fifth string up to B.
And finally leave the sixth [E] string where it is on E.
[G] So we've got a tuning that's [Em] going E, B, D, [G] G, A, D.
It [Em] creates that strange-sounding chord on the guitar.
Let's take [Eb] a look at this piece by piece.
[C] We'll have a look at the intro, and [F] then the verse, and then the bridge, and then you've got the whole song,
because you'll find that each verse is played the same way.
So, the intro [Eb] begins with this chord shape, the [D] introduction.
The first part of the introduction, the first [E] line of your tab sounds like this.
I'll just play it twice there.
You can play [D] that sequence four times [Eb] on the intro.
Now, we're holding down a chord, as we just looked at.
Fifth string, seventh fret.
[E] Fourth string, sixth fret.
We're going to pinch six and one.
[A] Second string, third [G] string.
All out of this chord shape.
Five [D] and one.
Second string, [G] third string.
And then fourth string, [G] second string.
[A] Now, on most of this song, [Eb] there'll be a lot of flexibility and freedom about how you could pick with a right-hand pattern.
I'm going to suggest that if you find [Eb] a pattern that you like better than the one that's written on the tab, go with it.
However, this first little lick is not going to be one that you can change the pattern of.
You want to play this exactly like this.
So, we're counting.
[E] One and two and three and [A] four and.
What [Db] the thumb is doing there is important for the feel of the whole song.
[Eb] In general, we want the thumb to go [E] on the first beat, on [Fm] the and of two,
[Ab] whoops, on the fifth string in this [Eb] case, and on four.
Watch the thumb.
[E] One and two and three [Fm] and four [E] and.
If you prefer to think of it, count one, two, three, one, two, three, one, two.
[Em] With the thumb there going on the ones.
[N] But that feeling of the thumb is key to the feel of this track.
You'll play that little riff four [E] times.
Twice, three times, four times.
[A] Then we change chord to this chord shape.
It's like an [Dbm] F major [Eb] 7 chord, if you know that one down here.
But up with the [Ab] first finger at the fifth fret.
Five, [Ab] yes, fifth fret, sixth fret of the third string, seventh fret of the fourth string.
[Eb] We're going to play this.
It's bar [Bm] five of the tab.
Five and one, second [B] string, third string, fourth string, and then again.
One, two, three, four.
[Bm] One and [B] two and three and four and.
It's typical of his style and, of course, beautiful in that ethereal, otherworldly way.
First of all, we're in a very unusual tuning for Guinevere.
The notes of the guitar are the same as on a standard-tuned guitar, but he puts them in a different order.
So let's go from the first string to the sixth string.
Get your tuner out.
And we're going to do this.
We're going to [A] tune the first string down to [D] D.
We're [Ab] going to tune the [A] second string down to A.
[F] The third string and the fourth string [G] stay the same.
G and D.
[D] [B] But we tune the fifth string up to B.
And finally leave the sixth [E] string where it is on E.
[G] So we've got a tuning that's [Em] going E, B, D, [G] G, A, D.
It [Em] creates that strange-sounding chord on the guitar.
Let's take [Eb] a look at this piece by piece.
[C] We'll have a look at the intro, and [F] then the verse, and then the bridge, and then you've got the whole song,
because you'll find that each verse is played the same way.
So, the intro [Eb] begins with this chord shape, the [D] introduction.
The first part of the introduction, the first [E] line of your tab sounds like this.
I'll just play it twice there.
You can play [D] that sequence four times [Eb] on the intro.
Now, we're holding down a chord, as we just looked at.
Fifth string, seventh fret.
[E] Fourth string, sixth fret.
We're going to pinch six and one.
[A] Second string, third [G] string.
All out of this chord shape.
Five [D] and one.
Second string, [G] third string.
And then fourth string, [G] second string.
[A] Now, on most of this song, [Eb] there'll be a lot of flexibility and freedom about how you could pick with a right-hand pattern.
I'm going to suggest that if you find [Eb] a pattern that you like better than the one that's written on the tab, go with it.
However, this first little lick is not going to be one that you can change the pattern of.
You want to play this exactly like this.
So, we're counting.
[E] One and two and three and [A] four and.
What [Db] the thumb is doing there is important for the feel of the whole song.
[Eb] In general, we want the thumb to go [E] on the first beat, on [Fm] the and of two,
[Ab] whoops, on the fifth string in this [Eb] case, and on four.
Watch the thumb.
[E] One and two and three [Fm] and four [E] and.
If you prefer to think of it, count one, two, three, one, two, three, one, two.
[Em] With the thumb there going on the ones.
[N] But that feeling of the thumb is key to the feel of this track.
You'll play that little riff four [E] times.
Twice, three times, four times.
[A] Then we change chord to this chord shape.
It's like an [Dbm] F major [Eb] 7 chord, if you know that one down here.
But up with the [Ab] first finger at the fifth fret.
Five, [Ab] yes, fifth fret, sixth fret of the third string, seventh fret of the fourth string.
[Eb] We're going to play this.
It's bar [Bm] five of the tab.
Five and one, second [B] string, third string, fourth string, and then again.
One, two, three, four.
[Bm] One and [B] two and three and four and.
Key:
Eb
E
A
G
D
Eb
E
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Guinevere couldn't really be written by anybody other than David Crosby.
It's typical of his style and, of course, beautiful in that ethereal, otherworldly way.
First of all, we're in a very unusual tuning for Guinevere.
The notes of the guitar are the same as on a standard-tuned guitar, but he puts them in a different order.
So let's go from the first string to the sixth string.
Get your tuner out.
And we're going to do this.
We're going to [A] tune the first string down to [D] D.
We're _ [Ab] _ going to tune the [A] second string down to A. _ _ _ _
[F] The third string and the fourth string [G] stay the same.
G and D.
[D] _ _ [B] But we tune the fifth string up to B.
_ _ _ And finally leave the sixth [E] string where it is on E.
_ _ _ _ [G] So we've got a tuning that's [Em] going E, B, D, [G] G, A, D.
It [Em] creates that _ strange-sounding chord on the guitar. _ _
Let's take [Eb] a look at this piece by piece.
[C] We'll have a look at the intro, and [F] then the verse, and then the bridge, and then you've got the whole song,
because you'll find that each verse is played the same way.
So, the intro [Eb] begins with this chord shape, the [D] introduction.
The first part of the introduction, the first [E] line of your tab sounds like this. _ _ _ _ _
_ I'll just play it twice there.
You can play [D] that sequence four times [Eb] on the intro.
Now, we're holding down a chord, as we just looked at.
Fifth string, seventh fret.
[E] Fourth string, sixth fret.
We're going to pinch six and one. _
[A] Second string, third [G] string.
All out of this chord shape.
Five [D] and one.
Second string, [G] third string.
And then fourth string, [G] second string.
[A] _ _ Now, on most of this song, [Eb] there'll be a lot of flexibility and freedom about how you could pick with a right-hand pattern.
I'm going to suggest that if you find [Eb] a pattern that you like better than the one that's written on the tab, go with it.
However, this first little lick is not going to be one that you can change the pattern of.
You want to play this exactly like this.
So, we're counting.
[E] One and two and three and [A] four and.
What [Db] the thumb is doing there is important for the feel of the whole song.
[Eb] In general, we want the thumb to go [E] on the first beat, _ on [Fm] the and of two,
[Ab] whoops, on the fifth string in this [Eb] case, and on four.
Watch the thumb.
[E] One and two and three [Fm] and four [E] and.
_ If you prefer to think of it, count one, two, three, one, two, three, one, two.
[Em] With the thumb there going on the ones.
[N] But that feeling of the thumb is key to the feel of this track.
You'll play that little riff four [E] times. _ _
_ _ Twice, three times, _ four times.
_ [A] Then we change chord to this chord shape.
It's like an [Dbm] F major [Eb] 7 chord, if you know that one down here.
But up with the [Ab] first finger at the fifth fret.
Five, _ [Ab] _ yes, fifth fret, sixth fret of the third string, seventh fret of the fourth string.
[Eb] We're going to play this.
It's bar [Bm] five of the tab.
_ _ _ _ Five and one, second [B] string, third string, fourth string, and then again.
One, two, three, four.
_ [Bm] One and [B] two and three and four and.
_ Guinevere couldn't really be written by anybody other than David Crosby.
It's typical of his style and, of course, beautiful in that ethereal, otherworldly way.
First of all, we're in a very unusual tuning for Guinevere.
The notes of the guitar are the same as on a standard-tuned guitar, but he puts them in a different order.
So let's go from the first string to the sixth string.
Get your tuner out.
And we're going to do this.
We're going to [A] tune the first string down to [D] D.
We're _ [Ab] _ going to tune the [A] second string down to A. _ _ _ _
[F] The third string and the fourth string [G] stay the same.
G and D.
[D] _ _ [B] But we tune the fifth string up to B.
_ _ _ And finally leave the sixth [E] string where it is on E.
_ _ _ _ [G] So we've got a tuning that's [Em] going E, B, D, [G] G, A, D.
It [Em] creates that _ strange-sounding chord on the guitar. _ _
Let's take [Eb] a look at this piece by piece.
[C] We'll have a look at the intro, and [F] then the verse, and then the bridge, and then you've got the whole song,
because you'll find that each verse is played the same way.
So, the intro [Eb] begins with this chord shape, the [D] introduction.
The first part of the introduction, the first [E] line of your tab sounds like this. _ _ _ _ _
_ I'll just play it twice there.
You can play [D] that sequence four times [Eb] on the intro.
Now, we're holding down a chord, as we just looked at.
Fifth string, seventh fret.
[E] Fourth string, sixth fret.
We're going to pinch six and one. _
[A] Second string, third [G] string.
All out of this chord shape.
Five [D] and one.
Second string, [G] third string.
And then fourth string, [G] second string.
[A] _ _ Now, on most of this song, [Eb] there'll be a lot of flexibility and freedom about how you could pick with a right-hand pattern.
I'm going to suggest that if you find [Eb] a pattern that you like better than the one that's written on the tab, go with it.
However, this first little lick is not going to be one that you can change the pattern of.
You want to play this exactly like this.
So, we're counting.
[E] One and two and three and [A] four and.
What [Db] the thumb is doing there is important for the feel of the whole song.
[Eb] In general, we want the thumb to go [E] on the first beat, _ on [Fm] the and of two,
[Ab] whoops, on the fifth string in this [Eb] case, and on four.
Watch the thumb.
[E] One and two and three [Fm] and four [E] and.
_ If you prefer to think of it, count one, two, three, one, two, three, one, two.
[Em] With the thumb there going on the ones.
[N] But that feeling of the thumb is key to the feel of this track.
You'll play that little riff four [E] times. _ _
_ _ Twice, three times, _ four times.
_ [A] Then we change chord to this chord shape.
It's like an [Dbm] F major [Eb] 7 chord, if you know that one down here.
But up with the [Ab] first finger at the fifth fret.
Five, _ [Ab] _ yes, fifth fret, sixth fret of the third string, seventh fret of the fourth string.
[Eb] We're going to play this.
It's bar [Bm] five of the tab.
_ _ _ _ Five and one, second [B] string, third string, fourth string, and then again.
One, two, three, four.
_ [Bm] One and [B] two and three and four and.