Bipolar Chords
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.
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---|