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Reckoner Chords

by Gnarls Barkley
KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays501

Reckoner by Gnarls Barkley is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Em, D, A, G#m, G6, Am, B/D# and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed 
  			
Intro: 
 
C Em D C | Em C Em D C | Em C  

Verse
 
Em D C  Em C 
Reckoner 
    Em            D       C Em C 
You can't take it with you 
Em               D   C   Em C Em 
Dancing for your pleasure 
D A | C 
Em      D            C  Em C 
You are not to blame for 
Em    D     C      Em  C  
Bittersweet distractors 
Em       D         C   Em C 
Dare not speak its name 
Em  D        C   Em C Em D 
Dedicated to all human   beings 
G#m G6  
  Am       C   B/D# 
Because we separate 
                  C Am  B7 
Like ripples on a blank shore 
G#m G6 | 
  Am       C   B/D# 
Because we separate 
                  C Am  B7 
Like ripples on a blank shore 
  C  Em      D C Em C 
Like ripples on  
Em D C Em C 
Em D C Em C 
Em D A

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