Emily Chords
Emily by Bowling For Soup is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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Verse (first the bass plays alone, then the guitar comes)
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-7-7-7-7---6-6-6-6---4-4-4-4---7-7-7-7-----------------------
-7-7-7-7---6-6-6-6---4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5----5\4\5\4-0----------
-5-5-5-5---4-4-4-4---2-2-2-2---------------------------------
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Chorus (Emily...)
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Pre bridge (When you threw me away...)
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-2-2-2-2---5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------------------
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Bridge (She was always such a pretty girl...)
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Solo
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Verse (first the bass plays alone, then the guitar comes)
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-5-5-5-5---4-4-4-4---2-2-2-2---------------------------------
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Chorus (Emily...)
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Pre bridge (When you threw me away...)
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-4-4-4-4---7-7-7-7---9-9-9-9-9-9-9---------------------------
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-2-2-2-2---5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------------------
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Bridge (She was always such a pretty girl...)
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--7-7--7-7-7----9-9--5-5-5---7-7--7-7-7---9-9--5-5-5-5\4\5\4-
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Interlude
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--7-7-7-7--7\--6-6-6-6--6\--4-4-4-4--4\---7-7-7-7------------
--7-7-7-7------6-6-6-6------4-4-4-4-------5-5-5-5--5\4\5\4-0-
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After the bass solo go into the chorus releasing a palm muted D chord
Chorus (Emily...)
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Contribuição: Felipe F. Silva([email protected])