Taro Chords

KeyDm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays794

Taro by Alt-J is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Dm. It uses the chords Dm, C, Gm and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Dm
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INTRO :  
e|------14-------10-----2-----3--------------------------| 
B|---12-------10------3-----2-------0-----0-----4-----2--| 
G|14-------11-------4-----2-------0-----0-----5-----2----| 
D|------------------------------2-----0------------------| 
A|------------------------------------------2-----0------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------------| 

VERSE 1: 
  Dm    C         Gm    F 
e|----1-----0---------------------| 
B|--3-----1-----------------------| 
G|------------------0-3---0-2-----| 
D|0-------------------------------| 
A|------3---------3-----1---------| 
E|--------------------------------| x3 
      
Indo china, Capa jumps Jeep, two feet creep up the road 
To photo, to record meat lumps and war, 
They advance as does his chance ?  

A capela :  
Oh-oh-oh-  


VERSE 2 : 
  Dm    C         Gm    F 
e|----1-----0---------------------| 
B|--3-----1-----------------------| 
G|------------------0-3---0-2-----| 
D|0-------------------------------| 
A|------3---------3-----1---------| 
E|--------------------------------| x3 
very yellow white flash. 
A violent wrench grips mass, rips light, tears limbs like rags, 
Burst so high finally Capa lands, 
Mine is a watery pit. Painless with immense distance  

e|--------------------------------| 
B|--------------------3-------4---| 
G|----0-------0-----3---3---2---2-| 
D|--1---1---1---1-5-------3-------| 
A|3-------1-----------------------| 
E|--------------------------------| 
From medic from colleague, friend, enemy, 
foe, him five yards from his leg, From you Taro- 


CHORUS :  

  Dm    C         Gm    F 
e|----1-----0---------------------| 
B|--3-----1-----------------------| 
G|------------------0-3---0-2-----| 
D|0-------------------------------| 
A|------3---------3-----1---------| 
E|--------------------------------| x2 
-o-o-o. 

A capela :  
Do not spray into eyes ? I have sprayed you into my eyes. 

  Dm    C         Gm    F 
e|----1-----0---------------------| 
B|--3-----1-----------------------| 
G|------------------0-3---0-2-----| 
D|0-------------------------------| 
A|------3---------3-----1---------| 
E|--------------------------------| x2 


VERSE 3 (same tab as verse 2) :  
3:10 pm, Capa pends death, quivers, last rattles, last chokes 
All colours and cares glaze to grey, shrivelled and stricken to dots, 
Left hand grasps what the body grasps not ? le photographe est mort. 

VERSE 4 : 
3.1415, alive no longer my amour, faded for home May of '54 
Doors open like arms my love, Painless with a great closeness 
To Capa, to Capa Capa dark after nothing, 
re-united with his leg and with you, Taro - 

CHORUS : 
-o-o-o 

A Capela :  
Do not spray into eyes ? I have sprayed you into my eyes. 
Hey Taro! 

ENDING :  
... 
The ends is a succession of Dm-C-Gm-F 




During the chorus, you can also hear a guitare that goes like this : 


e|----13-13--13-13---13--13---13-13-13-13-------| 
B|10--------------------------------------10-10-| 
G|----------------------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------| 
 
    	

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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante