Rice and Bread Chords

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Rice and Bread by Against me is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Bm. It uses the chords Bm, E, D, A, Bm5, D5, E5, B5, C#5, G and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Bm
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro: 

Play Bm and 
use your pinky 
to add an E 
(5th fret) 
on b string    Chords Used: 
    Bm           D       A      E 
e|-----------|---5-------5-------------------------------------------------| 
B|---3---5---|---7-------5-------------------------------------------------| 
G|---4---x---|---7-------6------1------------------------------------------| 
D|---4---4---|---7-------7------2------------------------------------------| 
A|---2---2---|---5-------7------2------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------|---5-------5------0------------------------------------------| 

            Bm 
How can you not find everything you need in all of this? 
  D                              A             E 
Potatoes, rice, and bread, we'll burn it as we take it in. 
             Bm 
You're gonna sing your heart out, sing it like you mean it. 

(harmonics) 
e|--------------------------------------------------(7)---------(7)--------| 
b|--------------------------------------------------(7)--------------------| 
G|--------------------------------------------------(7)--------------------| 

             D                                         A 
You're gonna sing everything your thinking, and you're sing it until 
         E 
they're listening. 

(Rock with Might) 
Bm                                         D 
Cause if it really brings us all together, I'd say that settles all 
A 
arguments of difference, 
Bm                              D                     A 
Surviving just by questioning.  Can you imagine if we all started demanding? 

Break: Bm eruption 

Verse 2:  Play these chords 
    Bm5      D5       E5 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-----------7--------9----------------------------------------------------| 
D|---9-------7--------9----------------------------------------------------| 
A|---9-------5--------7----------------------------------------------------| 
E|---7---------------------------------------------------------------------| 

Bm5                               D5 
I can play along to every record, front and back, every song. 
E5                                 D5 
Every word means as much to me as every word means to you. 

This is the idea for "They can make......we're fronting" 
    B5  C#5 D5  E5          G    D    A 
e|--------------------------3----5----5------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------3----7----5------------------------------------| 
G|---4---6---7---9----------4----7----6------------------------------------| 
D|---4---6---7---9---x2-----5----7----7------------------------------------| 
A|---2---4---5---7----------5----5----7------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------3----5----5------------------------------------| 

                 B5   C#5            D5                  E5 
They can make an industry selling people the things they want to hear 
            B5       C#5            D5          E5 
If this is worth anything, we will sell it for humility 
        G               D                       A 
It will take us farther than the posture we're fronting. 

When the walls begin crumbling, play: 
e|----------5--3--2-------------5--3--2---------------5--3--2----7--9--7---| 
B|----3--3--3--3--3----------------------------------------------7--7--7---| 
G|----2--2--2--2--2--X2-------------------x2---------------------6--6--6---| 
D|----0--0--0--0--0-------2--2--2--2--2--------------------------7--x--7---| 
A|------------------------2--2--2--2--2---------2--2--2--2--2----7--7--7---| 
E|------------------------0--0--0--0--0---------3--3--3--3--3----5--5--5---| 

That last chord is an A bar chord, just add a B to the strum pattern for a good sound. 

And then... 
     D         G         Bm        A         E 
e|---10--------10--------7---------5---------------------------------------| 
B|---10--------12--------7---------5---------------------------------------| 
G|---11--------12--------7---------6---------9-----------------------------| 
D|---12--------12--------9---------7---------9-----------------------------| 
A|---12--------10--------9---------7---------7-----------------------------| 
E|---10--------10--------7---------5---------7-----------------------------| 


    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante