the chords A, D and E. No matter what fret you have the capo on, when you play a G chord shape, so in your mind you will always think of it as a G chord. This is a G chord shape. If you were to capo the guitar at the 2nd fret and play a G chord shape, then the chord sound would be that of an A chord. This is the main idea of using a capo. You 1) The C-chord with the low G as the base-note (C/G) 2) The Cmaj9-sounding G chord (yeah, I don't get it either) ---------- -Intro- Am F C/G C/G G Am F C/G C/G Em -Vers1- Am F C/G G Feeling my way through the darkness Am F C/G Em Guided by a beating heart Am F C/G G I can't tell where the journey will end Am F C/G Em But I know where it starts Red, White and Blue Toby Keith Capo 2nd fret - Original in 'D' (C)American girls, (G)American guys, We'll always (Am)stand up and salute, we'll always (E)recognize When we (F)see old glory flyin there's a (C) lot of men dead So (G)we can sleep in peace at night when we lay down our head. Middle finger on the 3rd fret of the B (2nd) string. Ring finger on the 4th fret of the A (5th) string. Pinky finger on the 4th fret of the D (4th) string. Strum five strings down from the A string. When you hear about the B minor chord, this is the version players typically think of so it should be considered a must-know way to play this chord. CAPO 2nd Fret TUNING Standard - E A D G B E CHORDS Dm x x 0 2 3 1 A x 0 2 2 2 0 F 1 3 3 2 1 1 C x 3 2 0 1 0 G 3 2 0 0 0 3 _____ [Intro] N.C. | Dm | Dm | [Verse 1] Dm A I see a red door and I want it painted black Dm A No colours anymore, I want them to turn black [Chorus 1] F C F C Dm I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes F G A D They paved paradise and put up a parking lot. [Interlude] D [Verse 4] G D Late last night I heard the screen door slam G A D and a big yellow taxi took away my old man [Chorus] D Dmaj7 Don't it always seem to go G/D D that you don't know what you've got till it's gone. G A D D They paved paradise and put up a parking lot. Using a capo: If you clamp a capo at the first fret, then you can play the main chord changes using fingerings for Cmaj7, B7, Em, Dm7, G7. In fact, you can capo anywhere or play in the key of E minor without a capo. See these easy guitar chords in the neck diagrams below. Maldita by Porque "Currently working on the intro" Standard tuning but on the 2nd capo [Verse] D G Tulala lang sa'king kwarto Em A At nagmu-muni-muni D G Ang tanong sa'king sarili Em A Bm Sa'n ako nagkamali [Refrain] Bm A G Bakit sa'yo pa nagkagusto Em F#m G Parang bula ika'y naglaho [Chorus] D Em Porque contigo yo ya eskuhi? F#m G If you are starting to get bored with the handy dandy E minor chord, then it's time to move on up to the 2nd fret and explore the F#m guitar chord! It's all played on a capo on the 2nd fret, but the chords of the intro/verse translate to F#m - A - E - B7sus4. We'll get to why those chords work so well together in the theory This is definitely a little bit more of an intermediate to advanced song only due to the plethora of guitar used here. We got lots of barre chords and lots of diminished chords and just a whole bunch of variety with a key change and everything. Wow! Capo at the 2nd Fret. Intro: Em A Em A Em A Em A D Bm D Bm D |F#dim B7| Em. Chorus: fSpvM.