Shot Gun Blues Chords

KeyF# CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays416

Shot Gun Blues by Guns N' Roses is a guitar song played in the key of F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
F#
Text
16
Speed
  			
Whole Song 
F#|----------------------| 
C#|-13/1-----------------|  pick fast on this part 
G#|----------------------| 
D#|----------------------| 

F#|---------------------------------------------------------------:| 
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------:| 
G#|-6-6-6-6----6-6-6--3---3-3-3-3----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4:| 
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------:| 

F#|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------| * 
G#|-2-2----2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2------------------------------| 
D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 

F#|-----------------------------------------| 
C#|-----------------------------------------| * 
G#|-4-4----4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4------| 
D#|-----------------------------------------| 

F#|---------------------------------------------| 
C#|---------------------------------------------| 
G#|-6-6----6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6----------|  Reapeat all of the above 
D#|---------------------------------------------|  which is marked by * 


F#|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G#|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
D#|-6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6----5^6-6-5^6-6-5^6----------------------------| 

F#|------------------------------------------------------------------| repeat 
C#|------------------------------------------------------------------| this 
G#|------------------------------------------------------------------| and 
D#|-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4----3^4-4-3^4-4-3^4-----------------------------| one 
                                                                    above 
                                                                      it 

F#|-----------------------------------------------| 
C#|-----------------------------------------------| 
G#|-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4----3^4-4-3^4-4-3^4----------| 
D#|-----------------------------------------------| 

F#|-----------------------------------------------| 
C#|-----------------------------------------------| 
G#|-6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6----5^6-6-5^6-6-5^6----------| 
D#|-----------------------------------------------| 



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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

100 BPM Andante