Cactus Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays542

Cactus by David Bowie is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
Speed
  			Tabbed By: Myke 
EMail: [email protected] 
 
 
Standard Tuning 
 
Intro: 
 
  A 
|------------------------| 
|------------------------| 
|--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--2--| 
|--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--2--| 
|--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--0--| 
|------------------------|  
 
Verse: 
  A                      C 
|-----------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------| 
|---------------------------5--5-5--| 
|--2-2-4-4--2-2-4-4--2-2--4-5--5-5--| 
|--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--0-3--3-3--| 
|-----------------------------------| 
 
Chorus: 
 
  C    A        C    A          A 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--5-5-5--2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5--2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| 
|--5-5-5--2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5--2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| 
|--3-3-3--0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3--0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    	

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