Chords for How to play PIPELINE

Tempo:
124.025 bpm
Chords used:

B

E

Em

F#

C

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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How to play PIPELINE chords
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[D#m] [Em]
Hi, this is Pete, and I'm going to show you today how to play Pipeline.
Pipeline, I think of it as having two distinct parts.
You have the kind of [B]
[G#] underneath part with the staccato palm muted bass [Em] line.
[B] [E] Melody.
[F#] [E] [B]
[Em] Okay, so first things first, the staccato muted part.
You can even think of the song as having three guitar parts.
In the original Chante's version of the song, there's an organ plays, mainly chords, but
we could have a third guitar just playing E minor and A minor chords.
[C] Okay, I think this is the trickiest part of the song, this eighth note kind of bass [B] line thing.
[F#]
It basically involves up-down picking between the sixth and the fifth [E] string.
I got my first finger planted on the fifth string second fret.
And to start off with, you [C] probably just want to pick between [A#] the sixth and fifth string
without doing any other [E] fingering.
Just get the feel of that.
[G] Every other sixth string note is going to be on the third fret, so [E] you'll [G] go
[E] [B]
[Em] [B]
You want [A#] to get that down, don't worry about getting it really [Em] fast.
[E] Make sure you're palm muting, palms right around the bridge of the guitar.
[Em]
[G#] It's going to go on for four measures, so as you count through this, you can be counting
[F#] one, two, three, four.
[Em]
Now we're going to move to the A chord, which basically involves doing the same thing, but
using the fifth and fourth strings.
So I'll do four bars of that.
One, two, three, [Am] four.
And then [B] we have these little power chord things that we do from the B and the C.
[C] [B]
[C] [B]
[F#] I pull my first finger [B] off.
[A]
[N] [E] That double picking thing where we're sliding down on the E string.
[A]
[E]
All I can say about that is you've got to practice getting down to speed.
I picked it sideways on this one.
[Am] It's like an added [E] angle here.
[N]
[Em] [B]
[Em] [B] Okay, so that's the rhythm part, the background part.
The melody is played like this.
One, two, three, four.
[E]
[F#] [E] [Bm]
Go to [Em] A.
[A]
[B] [Em]
[E] At that point, the two guitar parts kind of [B] mush together.
[C] [B]
[C] [B]
[A]
[Em]
[G] If you've got a partner to play with, I think it's always [G#] fun to switch up.
Like one time around, one person [Em] plays while [G]
the other person plays.
[E]
[B] And then you switch.
[G] Come around, one person who was [Em] playing the
[Bm] melody.
[E] [F#]
[E] There's a bridge part to this song, and I'll do it in a separate video just to show you that.
And it's really where the Chantez version, it's where the organ takes over, but we can do it as a guitar part.
So I'll do that in the next section.
Key:  
B
12341112
E
2311
Em
121
F#
134211112
C
3211
B
12341112
E
2311
Em
121
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Hi, this is Pete, and I'm going to show you today how to play Pipeline.
Pipeline, I think of it as having two distinct parts.
You have the kind of _ [B] _ _
[G#] underneath part with the staccato palm muted bass [Em] line. _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ [E] Melody. _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[Em] Okay, so first things first, the staccato muted part.
You can even think of the song as having three guitar parts.
In the original Chante's version of the song, there's an organ plays, _ mainly chords, but _ _ _ _ _
_ _ we could have a third guitar just playing E minor and A minor chords. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] Okay, I think this is the trickiest part of the song, this eighth note kind of bass [B] line thing.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
It basically involves up-down picking between the sixth and the fifth [E] string.
I got my first finger planted on the fifth string second fret. _
_ _ And to start off with, you [C] probably just want to pick between [A#] the sixth and fifth string
without doing any other [E] fingering. _ _
Just get the feel of that.
_ _ [G] Every other sixth string note is going to be on the third fret, so [E] you'll [G] go_
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
You want [A#] to get that down, don't worry about getting it really [Em] fast. _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ Make sure you're palm muting, palms right around the bridge of the guitar.
[Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] It's going to go on for four measures, so as you count through this, you can be counting
[F#] one, two, three, four.
[Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now we're going to move to the A chord, which basically involves doing the same thing, but
using the fifth and fourth strings.
So I'll do four bars of that.
One, two, three, [Am] four. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And then [B] we have these little power chord things that we do from the B and the C. _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [F#] I pull my first finger [B] off. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ [E] _ That double picking thing where we're sliding down on the E string.
[A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
All I can say about that is you've got to practice getting down to speed.
_ _ I _ _ picked it sideways on this one.
_ _ _ [Am] It's like an added [E] angle here. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [B] Okay, so that's the rhythm part, the background part.
The melody is played like this. _ _
One, two, three, four.
_ [E] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _
_ Go to [Em] A.
_ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[E] At that point, the two guitar parts kind of [B] mush together.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] If you've got a partner to play with, I think it's always [G#] fun to switch up.
Like one time around, one person [Em] plays _ _ while _ [G] _ _
the other person plays.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ And then you switch.
[G] Come around, one person who was [Em] playing the _ _ _
[Bm] melody.
[E] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[E] _ _ _ There's a bridge part to this song, and I'll do it in a separate video just to show you that.
And it's really where the Chantez version, it's where the organ takes over, but we can do it as a guitar part.
So I'll do that in the next section. _ _ _

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