Chords for Post-Punk Picking

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Okay, so let's start things off for example 1.
So we're going to start by putting our index finger at the 2nd fret on the 4th string and
[G#] we're going to pick the 4th, 3rd and 2nd strings with a down, down, [Em] up.
_ _ _ _ We're then going to pick the 3rd string with an up and then the 4th string with a down. _ _ _ _ _
So that bar will sound like this. _ _ _ _ _
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_ We're going to finish things off in the 2nd bar for this chord, [F#m] picking the 3rd, 2nd and
3rd strings with a down, up, up.
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_ _ [E] So let's have a listen to bars 1 and 2. _
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_ _ _ Now the good news here is that once you've gotten used to that picking pattern, that's
what you're going to be doing then for the next 6 bars. _
And when we get to the bar after that we're going to just mix it up a little bit for the
[N] change in pattern.
So the next chord we're going to put our 1st finger at the 2nd fret on the 5th string
and then the 3rd finger at the 4th fret on the 4th string.
_ Interestingly enough this is the beginning chord from Metallica's Fade to Black.
So you can go and have a listen to that little pattern [B] that they do there with this chord.
Sounds really good.
So again, same pattern.
So we'll just have a look at this a couple of times so you can see and hear what that looks like.
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_ _ _ Now it's very easy to do the next part because all we do is take the same fretted shape [N] and
move that across a semitone.
So you'll be in the 3rd position, 3rd fret and 5th fret.
_ [C] And we will again be using the open 3rd string with this.
So let's have a look at that. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ And in fact doing that again, this time moving a whole [N] step over.
So we'll be in the 5th position.
So 5th fret with the index, that's on the 5th string, 3rd fret, sorry, 3rd finger.
At the 7th fret on the 4th string.
So these are basically power chord shapes with an open 3rd string added.
Let's have a look at that.
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