Bipolar Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays451

Bipolar by Bowling For Soup is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A5 and B5. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
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  			Intro 
 
e|--------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------8------------7------------8------------------| 
G|--------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-9-9-9-9-9----8-8-8-8-8----9-9-9-9-9----6-6-6-6-6-------| 
E|-7-7-7-7-7----6-6-6-6-6----7-7-7-7-7----6-6-6-6-6-7s9s7-| 
 
 
Verse 1/2 
 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-9-9-9-9-9------8-8-8-8-8------8-8-8-8-8------8-8-8-8-8------| 
E|-7-7-7-7-7------6-6-6-6-6------7-7-7-7-7------6-6-6-6-6------| 
 
 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-9-9-9-9-9------8-8-8-8-8------9-9-9-9-9------10-10-10-10-10-| 
E|-7-7-7-7-7------6-6-6-6-6------7-7-7-7-7------8--8--8--8--8--| 
 
 
Chorus 
   
   A5                             B5 
e|------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| 
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| 
E|------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
^not the amount of times you play it. Play A5 over 'I waited by complicated.....' 
and 'why cant you be bisexual'.  Play B5 over 'I hated, we suffocated.....' and 
'instead of bipolar'. 
 
Bridge 
 
e|--------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------------| 
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-5-5-5b(7)-5--| 
A|--------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------| 
 
^ b means bend. (7) means bend to sound like fret 7. 
 
Verse 3 
 
e|-------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------| 
G|-7----------9----------7----------11---------9---| 
D|-7----------9----------7----------11---------9---| 
A|-5----------7----------5----------9----------7---| 
E|-------------------------------------------------| 
 
^strum these chords once and let ring. A second guitar play the 
chord really quiet over and over once the first guitar plays it. 
 
Outro 
 
e|-------------| 
B|-------------| 
G|-------------| 
D|-------------| 
A|-9-9-9-9-9---| 
E|-7-7-7-7-7---| 

    	

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

Metronome

100 BPM Andante