Don't Start Chords

Key- CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays448

Don't Start by Franz Ferdinand is a guitar song. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
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Text
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Speed
  			
Verse 
G|---------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------| 
E|-11--11--8--8--4--4--8--8--4--4--11--11--8--8--9--9| x3 

Chorus 
G|-----------------------------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------| 
E|-11--11--11-8-8--8-4--4-4-8-8--8-4--4-4-11-11--11-8-8| x4 

Verse 
G|------------------------------------| 
D|------------------------------------| 
A|------------------------------------| 
E|-11-11-8-8-4-4-8-8-4-4-11-11-8-8-9-9| x4 

Chorus 
G|-----------------------------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------| 
E|-11--11--11-8-8--8-4--4-4-8-8--8-4--4-4-11-11--11-8-8| x4 

Other part 
G|--------------------------------------------| 
D|--------------------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------------------| 
E|-------11-11-----4-4---4-4---4-4-5-5-6-6-8-8| 

Chorus 
G|-----------------------------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------| 
E|-11--11--11-8-8--8-4--4-4-8-8--8-4--4-4-11-11--11-8-8| x4 
    	

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