Tape Deck Chords

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Tape Deck by Jack Jones is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Bb. It uses the chords Bb, Eb and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Tabbed by Tofu ([email protected]) 
Artist: Jack Johnson 
Song: Tape Deck 

Jack playes this in Open Bb tuning since he's rockin' the guitar slide. 

|--D--| 
|--Bb-| 
|--F--| 
|--D--| 
|--Bb-| 
|--D--| 

The entire song uses these 3 open chords with hammer ons the 4th string throughout. 

Chords: 

  Bb        Eb         F 
|--0--|   |--5--|   |--7--| 
|--0--|   |--5--|   |--7--| 
|--0--|   |--5--|   |--7--| 
|--0--|   |--5--|   |--7--| 
|--0--|   |--5--|   |--7--| 
|--0--|   |--5--|   |--7--| 


You pick up on the exact strumming pattern and hammers by listening to the song, but  
they go something like below. 

Verse: 
            Bb                  Eb                  Eb               F 
e|---0--0--0--0--0--0----5--5--5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5--5--5----7--7--7--7----| 
B|---0--0--0--0--0--0----5--5--5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5--5--5----7--7--7--7----| 
G|---0--0--2--0--0--2----5--5--7--5--5--7----5--5--7--5--5--7----9--9--9--7----| 
D|---0--0--0--0--0--0----5--5--5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5--5--5----7--7--7--7----| 
A|---0--0--0--0--0--0----5--5--5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5--5--5----7--7--7--7----| 
E|---0--0--0--0--0--0----5--5--5--5--5--5----5--5--5--5--5--5----7--7--7--7----| 

Transition to Pre-Chrous, just after the line "We sounded folk but we wanted to be punk..." 

e|---7----6----5----| 
B|---7----6----5----| 
G|---9----8----7----| 
D|---7----6----5----| 
A|---7----6----5----| 
E|---7----6----5----| 

Pre-Chorus (You can also mix in the transition walk down) 

e|---5--5--5--5--5--5----7--7--7--7--7--7--| 
B|---5--5--5--5--5--5----7--7--7--7--7--7--| 
G|---7--7--5--7--7--5----9--9--7--9--9--7--| 
D|---5--5--5--5--5--5----7--7--7--7--7--7--| 
A|---5--5--5--5--5--5----7--7--7--7--7--7--| 
E|---5--5--5--5--5--5----7--7--7--7--7--7--| 

Chorus:

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