Red Sam Chords
by Flyleaf
Red Sam by Flyleaf is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
DROP D TUNING
Note: There are obviously some parts that require 2 guitars (Jared/Sameer). I'm solo so I did what I could.
Hopefully it's accurate enough. Enjoy!
Intro (the way I play it) ...either works fine... Intro (the way it APPEARS Jared plays it)
e --22---------------- e --------------------
B -----22-33----3~33-- B --77----------------
G -----------22------- G -----66-77----7~77--
D -------------------- D -----------77-------
A -------------------- A --------------------
D -------------------- D --------------------
Verse (i THINK this is correct...it's VERY hard to hear)
e -----------------
B --7-7-78-10-7-7~~
G -----------------
D -----------------
A -----------------
D -----------------
Pre-Chorus
e --------------------
B --------------------
G --------------------
D --99-55-99-55-9-99--
A --99-55-99-55-9-99--
D --99-55-99-55-9-99--
Chorus
e ---------------------------
B ---------------------------
G ---------------------------
D --9-9-X44-5-5-555-5-5-555--
A --9-9-X44-5-5-555-5-5-555--
D --9-9-X44-5-5-555-5-5-555--
Bridge
e ----------------------------------------------
B ------------------10-----10-10----------------
G ----------11-9-----------------12-1212p10-10--
D --9-11-12------12-----------------------------
A ----------------------------------------------
D ----------------------------------------------
PROGRESSION:
- Intro (FOUR TIMES)
- Pre-Chorus (used here as a fill-in) with Guitar 2 playing the Intro overlapping (FOUR TIMES)
- Verse (EIGHT TIMES)
- Pre-Chorus (used here as a fill-in) with Guitar 2 playing the Intro overlapping (FOUR TIMES)
- Chorus (FOUR TIMES)
- Pre-Chorus (used here as a fill-in) with Guitar 2 playing the Intro overlapping (TWO TIMES)
- Verse (EIGHT TIMES)
- Pre-Chorus (used here as a fill-in) with Guitar 2 playing the Intro overlapping (TWO TIMES)
- Chorus (FOUR TIMES)
- Bridge (FOUR TIMES)
- Pre-Chorus (used here as a fill-in) with Guitar 2 "going wild" :D (FOUR TIMES)
- Chorus (THREE TIMES with a slight variation on the FOURTH TIME)