Calfskin Smack Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays434

Calfskin Smack by Cocteau Twins is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Cadd and Gm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
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16
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Verse Riff: (C - Cadd) Repeated several times 

e ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
B --5-------5--------5-------5-----5------5---------3-------3------3------3------3----------3--5------- 
G --5-------5--------5-------5-----5------5--------5-------5-------5------5------5------5----------5--- 
D -------5--------5-------5------5-----5--------5-------5--------5------5------5------5--------------5- 
A ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

Chorus riff: (Gm - C) Repeated several times 

e ---------1------0------------- 
B ----3-------3----------------- 
G --------------------0--3------ 
D ------------------------------ 
A ------------------------------  
E ------------------------------ 

Guitar solo: (With distortion, delay and lots of chorus) Played twice 

e --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
B ------8----------6-------5------------------------------------------------------13--------13- 
G ----------9---------7------------------------------------12---------12--14--------14--------- 
D --------------------------------5------------12---14---------14------------------------------ 
A --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

The End. 
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Added to UG By Mikhailo 

    	

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