Gun Beside My Bed Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays410

Gun Beside My Bed by Foo Fighters 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.

Transpose
D
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Speed
  			
Intro 
e|----------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------------0-----| 
A|-3-5-5-5-3-5-5-7-----9-7-5--2-0--2------2-2/0-| 
E|----------------------------------------------| 
I'm sure one of you guys could modify this for the next part - 
it switches to some kind of hammer-on or slide, then it does 
the 2nd section again. After that, it switches to the build-up... 
  

Bridge (Build-up/Whatever) 
e|------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------| 
D|-5-5--7-7--9-9--11--------3-2-| 
A|-5-5--7-7--9-9--11--------3-2-| 
E|-3-3--5-5--7-7--9---------1-0-| 
When Dave goes to the lyrics it goes silent, 
then some basic cords when a cymball is hit, I think... 

Foo Fighters - Gun Beside My Bed 
(Drop D Tuning) 

 Verse 
e|----------------------------------|  
B|--------------------5-------------| 
G|----------------------------------| (x2) 
D|-00000000----7-7----------7777777-|  
A|-00000000----7-7----------7777777-|  
D|-00000000----7-7----------7777777-|  


 Pre-Chorus 
e|------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------------|  
G|------------------------------------------------| (x1) 
D|-5555---0---5555---0------7777--5555-0000000000-|  
A|-5555---0---5555---0------7777--5555-0000000000-|  
D|-5555---0---5555---0------7777--5555-0000000000-| 
 Then Back to Verse then Pre-Chorus then Chorus. 


 Chorus 
e|----------------------------------------|  
B|-------------------5------5-------------| 
G|-77777777-------------------------------| (x3) 
D|-xxxxxxxx-----77------77----------------|  
A|-55555555-----77------77----------------|  
D|--------------77------77----------------| 

e|----------------------------------------|  
B|----------------------------------------| 
G|-7777--9999--11-11-11--11---------------| (x1) 
D|-xxxx--xxxx--x--x--x---x----------00000-|  
A|-5555--7777--9--9--9---9----------00000-|  
D|----------------------------------00000-| 
 This at the end of the Chorus, then back to Verse. 

 For the Bridge part, palm-mute Pre-Chorus. 
    	

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