Chords for True Love Waits(A Moon Shaped Pool) - Acoustic Guitar Lesson
Tempo:
117.65 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
E
Am
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Hey, what's up guys this is Luke.
Today I'm gonna teach you how to play True Love Waits off the album A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead.
So they've played the song before on acoustic guitar.
[E] Sounds like this.
[C]
[Gm] But this time they played it on kind of piano and
it's a little more like picking on guitar.
So
yeah, there's a verse and there's a chorus [G] and
there's some minor variations throughout the song, but it's pretty much the same thing the whole time.
So I'll show you how to play the verse first.
This is how it's gonna sound [C] and
[Am]
[Ab]
[C] then it [G] restarts.
[E] So how you're gonna play that is this first chord is this C major 7, but it's not the whole thing.
It's just three fingers.
So you take your index finger and put it on the third fret [C] fifth string.
[G] Your ring finger is gonna go on the fifth fret fourth string.
And your middle finger is gonna go on the fourth fret third string.
And then you're gonna pick this [C] chord like this.
[Bm] So what I'm doing is [C] I'm hitting the fifth string
then the fourth string
fifth string again, and [G] then the third [B] string and
you [G] just repeat that over and over again.
Now the second time through you can leave like a little pause in between the fifth string and the third string like [C] this.
[Ab]
But you don't you don't have to it just happens sometimes throughout the song, but I think it works pretty well.
So yeah after that you're gonna we're gonna call this [C] one time through.
[Em] So you're gonna play that seven times through and then on the eighth time you're gonna add your pinky onto the third string fifth fret [C] like this.
[E] So from the seventh to the eighth time it's gonna be like [C] this and [Am] then you switch to this chord.
[E] So what this chord is is we just left our pinky and our ring finger where they were and
then we're gonna put our middle finger on the sixth [A] string fifth fret and
[Gm] then it's the same picking pattern except that instead of the hitting the fifth string we're gonna hit the sixth string [A] now.
So [Am] and then the last chord [G] is we're gonna take our index finger and we're gonna put it on the
fourth fret of the sixth string when we take our middle finger off and we're gonna [Ab] pick it the same way.
[C] And then you restart.
[G] So yeah, that's the verse
and now we'll do the chorus.
The chorus is gonna sound like [C] this.
[Am]
[G]
[C]
And it [D] restarts.
So what happened there was we're gonna play the first chord that we [G] played in the verse
but instead of adding our pinky on the eighth time around we're gonna add our pinky on the second [C] time around like this.
And then we [E] keep our pinky on for the rest of the time that we do this chord and then we're gonna switch [G] to this
chord which was the same chord in the
the second chord of the the verse.
[Am]
And then the third chord we're gonna take our index finger and put it on the third [G] fret of the sixth string like this.
[C]
[Gm] So yeah, that's pretty much the whole song.
You only play the verse through once and then you go to the verse and then the verse goes two times around.
Now yeah, some minor variations throughout the song are like basically whenever you add this pinky
[Cm] [Gm] like [E] the verse and the chorus are not [G] identical every time with [C] how you hear this note.
It might be like
sometimes you hear it come [G] in at different times, but it's still the same picking pattern [C] usually.
[Am]
[C] And then for the [Ab] chorus,
the final chorus you can do this [G] at the end, the last chord and
[C]
then you can slide up [Ab] your index finger one fret
to end that chorus.
[C] So yeah, that's pretty much the whole song.
I hope you have
Today I'm gonna teach you how to play True Love Waits off the album A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead.
So they've played the song before on acoustic guitar.
[E] Sounds like this.
[C]
[Gm] But this time they played it on kind of piano and
it's a little more like picking on guitar.
So
yeah, there's a verse and there's a chorus [G] and
there's some minor variations throughout the song, but it's pretty much the same thing the whole time.
So I'll show you how to play the verse first.
This is how it's gonna sound [C] and
[Am]
[Ab]
[C] then it [G] restarts.
[E] So how you're gonna play that is this first chord is this C major 7, but it's not the whole thing.
It's just three fingers.
So you take your index finger and put it on the third fret [C] fifth string.
[G] Your ring finger is gonna go on the fifth fret fourth string.
And your middle finger is gonna go on the fourth fret third string.
And then you're gonna pick this [C] chord like this.
[Bm] So what I'm doing is [C] I'm hitting the fifth string
then the fourth string
fifth string again, and [G] then the third [B] string and
you [G] just repeat that over and over again.
Now the second time through you can leave like a little pause in between the fifth string and the third string like [C] this.
[Ab]
But you don't you don't have to it just happens sometimes throughout the song, but I think it works pretty well.
So yeah after that you're gonna we're gonna call this [C] one time through.
[Em] So you're gonna play that seven times through and then on the eighth time you're gonna add your pinky onto the third string fifth fret [C] like this.
[E] So from the seventh to the eighth time it's gonna be like [C] this and [Am] then you switch to this chord.
[E] So what this chord is is we just left our pinky and our ring finger where they were and
then we're gonna put our middle finger on the sixth [A] string fifth fret and
[Gm] then it's the same picking pattern except that instead of the hitting the fifth string we're gonna hit the sixth string [A] now.
So [Am] and then the last chord [G] is we're gonna take our index finger and we're gonna put it on the
fourth fret of the sixth string when we take our middle finger off and we're gonna [Ab] pick it the same way.
[C] And then you restart.
[G] So yeah, that's the verse
and now we'll do the chorus.
The chorus is gonna sound like [C] this.
[Am]
[G]
[C]
And it [D] restarts.
So what happened there was we're gonna play the first chord that we [G] played in the verse
but instead of adding our pinky on the eighth time around we're gonna add our pinky on the second [C] time around like this.
And then we [E] keep our pinky on for the rest of the time that we do this chord and then we're gonna switch [G] to this
chord which was the same chord in the
the second chord of the the verse.
[Am]
And then the third chord we're gonna take our index finger and put it on the third [G] fret of the sixth string like this.
[C]
[Gm] So yeah, that's pretty much the whole song.
You only play the verse through once and then you go to the verse and then the verse goes two times around.
Now yeah, some minor variations throughout the song are like basically whenever you add this pinky
[Cm] [Gm] like [E] the verse and the chorus are not [G] identical every time with [C] how you hear this note.
It might be like
sometimes you hear it come [G] in at different times, but it's still the same picking pattern [C] usually.
[Am]
[C] And then for the [Ab] chorus,
the final chorus you can do this [G] at the end, the last chord and
[C]
then you can slide up [Ab] your index finger one fret
to end that chorus.
[C] So yeah, that's pretty much the whole song.
I hope you have
Key:
C
G
E
Am
Ab
C
G
E
_ Hey, what's up guys this is Luke.
Today I'm gonna teach you how to play True Love Waits off the album A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead.
_ So they've played the song before on acoustic guitar.
[E] Sounds like this.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] But this time they played it on kind of piano and
_ it's a little more like picking on guitar.
So
_ _ yeah, there's a verse and there's a chorus [G] and
_ there's some minor variations throughout the song, but it's pretty much the same thing the whole time.
So _ I'll show you how to play the verse first.
This is how it's gonna sound [C] and _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ then it [G] restarts.
[E] So how you're gonna play that is this first chord is this C major 7, but it's not the whole thing.
It's just three fingers.
So you take your index finger and put it on the third fret [C] fifth string.
[G] Your ring finger is gonna go on the fifth fret fourth string.
And your middle finger is gonna go on the fourth fret third string.
_ And then you're gonna pick this [C] chord like this. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] So what I'm doing is [C] I'm hitting the fifth string
then the fourth string
fifth string again, and [G] then the third [B] string and
_ you [G] just repeat that over and over again. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Now the second time through you can leave like a little pause in between the fifth string and the third string like [C] this. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab]
But you don't you don't have to it just happens sometimes throughout the song, but I think it works pretty well.
_ So yeah after that you're gonna we're gonna call this [C] one time through. _ _ _ _ _
[Em] So you're gonna play that seven times through and then on the eighth time you're gonna add your pinky onto the third string fifth fret [C] like this.
_ _ [E] So from the seventh to the eighth time it's gonna be like [C] this and _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] then you switch to this chord. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] So what this chord is is we just left our pinky and our ring finger where they were and
then we're gonna put our middle finger on the sixth [A] string fifth fret and
[Gm] _ then it's the same picking pattern except that instead of the hitting the fifth string we're gonna hit the sixth string [A] now.
So [Am] and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
then the last chord [G] is we're gonna take our index finger and we're gonna put it on the
_ fourth fret of the sixth string when we take our middle finger off and we're gonna [Ab] pick it the same way. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] And then you restart.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] So yeah, that's the verse
and now we'll do the chorus.
The chorus is gonna sound like [C] this. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
And it [D] restarts.
So what happened there was we're gonna play the first chord that we [G] played in the verse
_ but instead of adding our pinky on the eighth time around we're gonna add our pinky on the second [C] time around like this. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And then we [E] keep our pinky on for the rest of the time that we do this chord and then we're gonna switch [G] to this
chord which was the same chord in the
_ the second chord of the the verse.
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And then the third chord we're gonna take our index finger and put it on the third [G] fret of the sixth string like this. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Gm] So yeah, that's pretty much the whole song.
You only play the verse through once and then you go to the verse and then the verse goes two times around.
_ _ Now yeah, some minor variations throughout the song are like basically whenever you add this pinky
[Cm] _ _ [Gm] like [E] the verse and the chorus are not [G] identical every time with [C] how you hear this note.
It might be like _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
sometimes you hear it come [G] in at different times, but it's still the same picking pattern [C] usually.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _
[C] And then for the [Ab] chorus,
the final chorus you can do this [G] at the end, the last chord and
[C] _ _ _ _
then you can slide up [Ab] your index finger one fret _ _
_ _ _ to end that chorus. _
[C] So yeah, that's pretty much the whole song.
I hope you have
Today I'm gonna teach you how to play True Love Waits off the album A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead.
_ So they've played the song before on acoustic guitar.
[E] Sounds like this.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] But this time they played it on kind of piano and
_ it's a little more like picking on guitar.
So
_ _ yeah, there's a verse and there's a chorus [G] and
_ there's some minor variations throughout the song, but it's pretty much the same thing the whole time.
So _ I'll show you how to play the verse first.
This is how it's gonna sound [C] and _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ then it [G] restarts.
[E] So how you're gonna play that is this first chord is this C major 7, but it's not the whole thing.
It's just three fingers.
So you take your index finger and put it on the third fret [C] fifth string.
[G] Your ring finger is gonna go on the fifth fret fourth string.
And your middle finger is gonna go on the fourth fret third string.
_ And then you're gonna pick this [C] chord like this. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] So what I'm doing is [C] I'm hitting the fifth string
then the fourth string
fifth string again, and [G] then the third [B] string and
_ you [G] just repeat that over and over again. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Now the second time through you can leave like a little pause in between the fifth string and the third string like [C] this. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab]
But you don't you don't have to it just happens sometimes throughout the song, but I think it works pretty well.
_ So yeah after that you're gonna we're gonna call this [C] one time through. _ _ _ _ _
[Em] So you're gonna play that seven times through and then on the eighth time you're gonna add your pinky onto the third string fifth fret [C] like this.
_ _ [E] So from the seventh to the eighth time it's gonna be like [C] this and _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] then you switch to this chord. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] So what this chord is is we just left our pinky and our ring finger where they were and
then we're gonna put our middle finger on the sixth [A] string fifth fret and
[Gm] _ then it's the same picking pattern except that instead of the hitting the fifth string we're gonna hit the sixth string [A] now.
So [Am] and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
then the last chord [G] is we're gonna take our index finger and we're gonna put it on the
_ fourth fret of the sixth string when we take our middle finger off and we're gonna [Ab] pick it the same way. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] And then you restart.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] So yeah, that's the verse
and now we'll do the chorus.
The chorus is gonna sound like [C] this. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
And it [D] restarts.
So what happened there was we're gonna play the first chord that we [G] played in the verse
_ but instead of adding our pinky on the eighth time around we're gonna add our pinky on the second [C] time around like this. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And then we [E] keep our pinky on for the rest of the time that we do this chord and then we're gonna switch [G] to this
chord which was the same chord in the
_ the second chord of the the verse.
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And then the third chord we're gonna take our index finger and put it on the third [G] fret of the sixth string like this. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Gm] So yeah, that's pretty much the whole song.
You only play the verse through once and then you go to the verse and then the verse goes two times around.
_ _ Now yeah, some minor variations throughout the song are like basically whenever you add this pinky
[Cm] _ _ [Gm] like [E] the verse and the chorus are not [G] identical every time with [C] how you hear this note.
It might be like _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
sometimes you hear it come [G] in at different times, but it's still the same picking pattern [C] usually.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _
[C] And then for the [Ab] chorus,
the final chorus you can do this [G] at the end, the last chord and
[C] _ _ _ _
then you can slide up [Ab] your index finger one fret _ _
_ _ _ to end that chorus. _
[C] So yeah, that's pretty much the whole song.
I hope you have