What Was That Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays464

What Was That by Dinosaur Jr. is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Cmaj7, D, C, Em and Fmaj7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
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16
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Intro: 

E-----0----------------------------------------| 
B-----0--0-1-3-3/5--3-1-0--0h1p0----0----------| 
G-----0--------------------------2----0--------| 
D-----0----------------------------------------| 
A--2-------------------------------------------| 
E--3-------------------------------------------| 

E-----0------------3--5-/8--7---7---------------| 
B-----0--0-1-3-3/5------------8-----------------| 
G-----0-----------------------------------------| 
D--2--2-----------------------------------------| 
A--3--------------------------------------------| 
E-----------------------------------------------| 

Verse: (I miss my life, this isn't good...") 

E--------------------------------------------3---------| 
B--0---0---0-1-3--1--0----0-1-3--1-0--0-1-3------------| 
G--0---0---0--------------0-----------0----------------| 
D--0---0---0--------------2-----------2----------------| 
A--2---2---2--------------3-----------3----------------| 
E--3---3---3-------------------------------------------| 

   G                    Cmaj7 

Pre-Chorus: ("Said I'm dying to meet you..") 

E----2-----0----------2---2--2--2-|-----------------------------| 
B------3------3---------3---------|-1-----0----0-3----0--3---0--| 
G--------2------2---2-------------|---0------------0-------0----| 
D--0--------------0---------------|-----2------------2----------| 
A---------------------------------|(3)-------3------------------| 
E---------------------------------|-----------------------------| 
   D                                C 

E-----------------0-------------------------------------| 
B-----------------0-------------------------------------| 
G-------X-X-X-X---0--(play Em part twice)---------------| 
D--2----X-X-X-X---2---<<<<<<(2x)<<<<<<<<----------------| 
A--2----X-X-X-X---2-------------------------------------| 
E--0----X-X-X-X---0-------------------------------------| 

   Em 

Chorus: ("I opened the door...") 


E--0-------------------0--------| 
B--1---------1---------0--------| 
G--2---------0---------0--------| 
D--3---------2---------0--------| 
A------------3---------2--------| 
E----------------------3--------| 

 Fmaj7       C         G 

Post-Chorus: (Then I look, what was that...") 

E--0-------------------| 
B--1---------1---------| 
G--2---------0---------| 
D--3---------2---------| 
A------------3---------| 
E----------------------| 
 
    	

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