Persephone Chords

Key- CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays466

Persephone by Cocteau Twins is a guitar song. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			This song is really simple. There's only really two parts to learn and they are repeated  
throughout the whole song. 

It's all played on 1 guitar using a short delay, Chorus and a little bit of overdrive. 

Tuning: Standard (EADGBe) 

Part 1 
E||------------2---------|------------2---------|---------|| 
B||------------2---------|------------2---------|---------|| 
G||------------2---------|------------2---------|---------|| 
D||------------4---------|------------4---------|---------|| 
A||----------------------|----------------------|---------|| 
E||--0--2----------------|--0--2----------------|---------|| 

Part 2 (repeated a few times) 

E||------------2---------|--2---------2---------|---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|| 
B||------------2---------|--2---------2---------|---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|| 
G||------------2---------|--2---------2---------|---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|| 
D||------------4---------|--4---------4---------|---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|| 
A||----------------------|----------------------|-----------------|| 
E||--0--2----------------|----------------------|-----------------|| 

Part 3 

E||--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|| 
B||--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|| 
G||--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|| Repeated over and over 
D||--16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|| 
A||--------------------------------------|| 
E||--------------------------------------|| 

A bit later in the song it changes to: 

E||--16-16-16-16-16-16-14-14-14-14-14-14-|| 
B||--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|| 
G||--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|| Repeated over and over 
D||--16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|| 
A||--------------------------------------|| 
E||--------------------------------------|| 

That's really all you need to know. 
    	

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