Try To Explain Chords

KeyF Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays429

Try To Explain by Flaming Lips is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords F, G, C and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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F
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Intro  F 

verse 1 

     F        G 
     Isn't it wise 
     F      G 
     Loving someone 
     C         G 
     They tell lies 
     C          G 
     They get insulted 
     G       Am 
     I'm not wise 
     C       G          G    C        Am 
     I believe what you tell them for me 
         G 
     I believe you 
         F 
     I believe you 
         C 
     I believe 


verse 2 

     F           G 
     A love that explodes 
     F               G 
     Convulsing your body 
     C         G    C            G 
     Your only hand extending in the deep 
     G   Am    C       G         G   C    Am 
     Try then walking away on a bri-idge 
        G           F           C 
     To nowhere, to nowhere, to no one 


     F     C                   G 
     Try to explain why you've changed 
     F             C         G 
     I don't think I'll understand 

Bridge:

        F 
     Oh oh oh  
        C 
     Oh oh oh  
        F 
     Oh oh oh  
        Am 
     Oh oh oh  

verse 2
Chorus 1
 



     F      C                  G 
     Try to explain why you're leaving 
     F             C         G 
     I don't think I'll understand 

Bridge (2x) 
    	

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