The Aftermath (acoustic) Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays368

The Aftermath (acoustic) by Coheed And Cambria is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
Text
16
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Intro / Lead - repeated until last refrain 

eb|-------------10--------------------------------------10------------| 
Bb|-12-12-12-12---12-12-x-x-10-x-x-12-x-x----x-x-12-x-x----13-12------| 
Gb|---------------------------------------12--------------------------| 
Db|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
Ab|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 

Main Guitar 

        She gave her heart           news filtered through       
                               x2                                x2 
eb|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
Bb|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
Gb|-------------------------------|-----4---4-5---5-4-----------------| 
Db|-----4---4-5---5-4--4--4--4----|---5---5-----------5-------5-2-----| 
Ab|---5---5-----------5--5--5--5--|-3-------------------3-0-3-----5---| 
Eb|-3-----------------------------|-----------------------------------| 

Bridge - (you can down stroke pick or finger pick through it depending 
           on the version you are listening to) 

    "Your selfishness has robbed you of the man you could've been 

eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
Gb|------------------------------------------7------------------------| 
Db|-2----------------------------------------7------------------------| 
Ab|-2----------------------------------------5------------------------| 
Eb|-0-----------------------------------------------------------------| 

I wouldn't change a thing about you. I love you dearly, my friend"  
  
eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
Gb|--------5---------------------------4------------------------------| 
Db|--------5---------------------------5------------------------------| 
Ab|--------3---------------------------3------------------------------| 
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 

Outro Refrain  x2 

eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
Db|---55555---55555---x--55----55------55555---55555---x--55----55----| 
Ab|-0-55555-x-55555---x--55----55------55555-x-55555---x--55----55----| 
Eb|-0-33333-x-33333-x--x-33-xx-33-xx---33333-x-33333-x--x-33-xx-33-xx-| 

(There are 2 versions of the song that I have heard, the one I like is 
        Transcribed below, in the other version it goes to Em before C) 

eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
Gb|-55555---55555---x--55----55-----55555---55555---------------------| 
Db|-55555-x-55555---x--55----55-----55555-x-55555---4p0--4p0-4p0-4p0--| 
Ab|-33333-x-33333-x--x-33-xx-33-xx--33333-x-33333--5----5---5---5---5-| 
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 


Ending goes back to the Intro while the Main Guitar does this Riff: 

eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
Bb|-8-7---------------------------------------------------------------| 
Gb|-------7-----------------------------------------------------------| 
Db|-----9---5--7-7/9--------------------------------------------------| 
Ab|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------|  
    	

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