Cellar Door Chords
Cellar Door by Escape The Fate is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
No guitar 2 throughout verses)
Guitar 1 - Clean
e-----------------| |-------------------|
B-----6---6---6---| |----5h6------6p5---|
G--------------5--| |---------5-------5-|
D--7----5---5---5-| |--5--------5-------|
A-5---------------|x2|-3-----------------|x2
E-----------------| |-------------------|
(If that's^ wrong, part 1 is based on D minor
and part 2 is based on C major)
Repeat verse
Pre-Chorus
Guitar 1
e----------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------|
D-33333333-222222222-333333333-555555555-|
A-11111111-000000000-111111111-333333333-|
E----------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
e-------13-13--12-12--15-15-|
B-15-15---------------------|
G---------------------------|
D---------------------------|
A---------------------------|x3
E---------------------------|
(continued)
e-------13-13--12-12-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15b17-|
B-15-15-----------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------|
Chorus
Guitar 1
e-----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------|
D-7777777777777777-3333333333333333-|
A-5555555555555555-1111111111111111-|
E-----------------------------------|
(continued)
e------------------------------------| |----|
B------------------------------------| |----|
G------------------------------------| |----|
D-2222222222222222-55555555-77777777-| |-7~-|
A-0000000000000000-33333333-44444444-|x2|-5~-|
E------------------------------------| |----|
Guitar 2
e-----------------------------------| |-----|
B-15(x8)-13(x8)-------13(x4)-14(x4)-| |-15~-|
G---------------14(x8)--------------| |-----|
D-----------------------------------| |-----|
A-----------------------------------|x2|-----|
E-----------------------------------| |-----|
^^^Repeat all of the above^^^
Bridge
Guitar 1
e-------------------| |----------------------------|
B-------------------| |----------------------------|
G-------------------| |----------------------------|
D-55555555-77777777-| |-55555555-22222222-55555555-|
A-55555555-55555555-|x4|-55555555-00000000-33333333-|
E-33333333----------| |-33333333-------------------|
Guitar 2
e-13-13-12-12-----12-12-12-15-15-15-15-15-|
B-------------13~-------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------|x5
E-----------------------------------------|
Play Chorus x2
Second time through the Chorus guitar 2 changes to
e----------------| |----------|--------------|
B----------------| |----------|--------------|
G----------12-14-| |-12-------|--------------|
D-12-14-15-------| |----15-14-|-14b15r14-12~-|
A----------------|x3|----------|--------------|
E----------------| |----------|--------------|
(tremelo picking) (^this part x4)