A Beginners Guide To Destroying The Moon Chords

Key- CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays595

A Beginners Guide To Destroying The Moon by Foster The People is a guitar song. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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The main riff you here at the beginning and throughout the first part of the verses is this: 

/ = slide 

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---88888-3/-88888-3/-88888-3/-88888-333-5555553-5555553-5555553-5555553-| 
D|---88888-3/-88888-3/-88888-3/-88888-333-5555553-5555553-5555553-5555553-| 
A|---66666-1/-66666-1/-66666-1/-66666-111-3333331-3333331-3333331-3333331-| 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

You can figure out the strumming patterns - those are the notes you have to hit. 

The riff behind the spoken word part goes like this: 

e|------------------------| 
B|------------------------| 
G|---35-------------------| 
D|-------35-55------------| 
A|-------------5--5500----| 
E|------------------------| 

And finally, the solo (which was the harder part to tab, there may be some inaccuracies) goes like this: 

/ = slide 

* = pick fast 

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--999-10-7/9/7-5-578-12*12*12*12*12*12*12*12*12*12*12*12/10/12*12*12*12*12*12*12*12*12-12-12-12--| 
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8--8--8----| 
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

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----8---8----10-10-10--| 
10---10--10/9--9--9--9-| 
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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

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