Vern's Guitar Chords

KeyDE Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays539

Vern's Guitar by Gibson Brothers is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of DE with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords D, G, A and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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DE
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16
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Intro: D  

Verse:1  
D                                                                                           G  
I was waiting at the door, treasure I'd been searching for behind it  
A                                                                                                G    D  
An old woman let me in, she was eager to begin she said, ''I'll find it''  
D                                                                                                         G             Em  
She opened up a tattered case, I felt my heart begin to race, an old Martin   
Em                 A                     Em                 A   
And there we made the deal, five hundred bucks, a steal  
Em                    A             G     D  
Is it a dream or is it real, I wondered  

Verse:2  
D                                                                                                             G  
She said, ''this was my Vern's guitar, it made him feel just like a star to play it  
A                                                                                             G     D  
And in his younger days, folks in town they were amazed to hear him  
D                                                                                                           G                   Em  
For in his hands it came to life, and I was proud to be his wife oh, the memories  
Em                    A           Em                       A   
No one plays it anyway, since that day it's not the same  
Em                          A                          G        D  
I hope that you will like to play Vern's old guitar  

Instrumental:

Chord diagrams

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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