40 Ft Chords

KeyCm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays427

40 Ft by Franz Ferdinand is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Cm. It uses the chords Cm, G and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Cm
Text
16
Speed
  			Standard Tuning 
 
h - hammer on  
p - pull off 
b - bend string up  
r- release bend 
/ - slide up 
\ - slide down 
x - mutes string 
 
 
 
         (palm muted) 
E------------------------------ 
B---4---------4---4---------4-- 
G-5---5--4--4---3---3--4--4----      x 4  (from begining to 0:18) 
D------------------------------    
A------------------------------ 
E------------------------------ 
 
              p  h  p  h             p  h  p  h 
E------------------------------------------------ 
B------------------------------------------------ 
G----------3--2--3--2--3-------------------------      x 4  (from 0:18 to 0:37) 
D----4--5-------------------4--5--3--1--3--1--3--   
A-3----------------------3----------------------- 
E------------------------------------------------ 
 
"As I glanced once upon the foam 
40 feet beneath my feet 
The cold has come flows through the molten veins 
Cooling all the blood to slush congeals around again 
 
 
Oh la la la la la la la la la la la..." 
 
      Cm        G     				                 F 
 
E--x--3--3--3-----3--3--3--x-                                          E--1-- 
B--x--4--4--4-----3--3--3--x-                                          B--1-- 
G--x--5--5--5-----4--4--4--x- x 6 (from 0:50 to 1:04) and then strum:  G--2-- "Oh, and forty feet remain" 
D--x--5--5--5-----5--5--5--x-					       D--3-- 
A--x--3--3--3-----5--5--5--x-					       A--3-- 
E-----------------3--3--3----					       E--1-- 
 
              p  h  p  h             p  h  p  h 
E------------------------------------------------ 
B------------------------------------------------ 
G----------3--2--3--2--3-------------------------      x 2  (from 1:08 to 1:17) 
D----4--5-------------------4--5--3--1--3--1--3--   
A-3----------------------3----------------------- 
E------------------------------------------------ 
 
"Soft scales upon my drying arms 
Burn my back beneath the sun 
I am cold beneath the burning haze 
Looking down, looking down, down, down again" 
 
Mess around with Cm chord, eg:							  G 
 
E-------------------------------------						E--3-- 
B--------3-----------3----------3-----						B--3-- 
G-----4-----4-----4-----4----------4--    (from 1:18 to 1:27)  and then strum:  G--4-- 
D--4-----------4--------------5-------						D--5-- 
A--------------------------3----------						A--5-- 
E-------------------------------------						E--3-- 
 
"Oh la la la la la la la la la la la..." 
 
      Cm        G     						 F 
 
E--x--3--3--3-----3--3--3--x--                                          E--1-- 
B--x--4--4--4-----3--3--3--x--                                          B--1-- 
G--x--5--5--5-----4--4--4--x-- x 6 (from 1:32 to 1:45) and then strum:  G--2-- "Oh, and forty feet remain" 
D--x--5--5--5-----5--5--5--x--						D--3-- 
A--x--3--3--3-----5--5--5--x--						A--3-- 
E-----------------3--3--3-----						e--1-- 
 
              p  h  p  h 	     p  h  p  h               p  h  p  h  p  h 
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
G----------3--2--3--2--3-----------------------------------3--2--3--2--3--2--3--3--3--4- x 2 (from 1:50 to 2:09) 
D----4--5-------------------4--5--3--1--3--1--3------4--5-------------------------------   (listen to the track 
A-3----------------------3------------------------3-------------------------------------             for timing) 
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 
		       /   /      \ 
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
D-----------------3--4--10--13--12--5--5--3--5--5--8--8--5--8--5--8--9-------------------- 
A--3--3--4--5--5-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
G----------------------------7--8--7------------------------------------------------------ 
D--10--10--8--10--10--8--10-----------10--10--8--10--10--8--9----------------------------- 
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 
			    h	p   h 
"La la la la la..."  B--11--13--11--13--  x 3 (with delay) 
 
  
  F 
 
E--1-- 
B--1-- 
G--2-- "Oh, and forty feet remain" D--3-- 
D--3-- 
A--3-- 
e--1--   
 
 
(from 3:00 to end) 
                                 /	                               
E--------------------------11------------------------------------------------------------- 
B--13--12--11--12--13--13-----11--13--13--13--12--11--11--13--11--13--12--11--12---------- 
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
	                                                               
E------11------------------11--------------------------------------------------------- 
B--13------13--12--11--13------13--12--11--13--13--12--13--13--12--11--11--12--13----- 
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
						 b	   r 
 
A second guitar is doing some bending sounds:  G--15--(17)--15- 
 
 
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Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante