Even Angels Cry Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays447

Even Angels Cry by Jars of Clay is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Jars of Clay 
Even Angels Cry 
Good Monsters 
Essential 

Intro (play around with this) 
|-----5------------|-------5-------------|------2-----2----| 
|---3-----------3--|-----3----------3----|----3-----3---3--| 
|-0----------------|---0-----------------|--2--------------| 
|--------4--4-5----|-4---------4-5-----5-|-----------------| 
|------------------|---------------------|-----------------| 
|------------------|---------------------|-----------------| 


 Bend Lick           Chorus 
  E E E E    E  E E   E       E       E       E 
|-------------------|-2-------2---|---0----------| 
|-------------------|-2-------3---|---0-------3--| 
|-6-6-6-6b8r(6)-4-2-|-2-------4---|---1-------2--| 
|-------------------|-4-------4---|---2-------0--| 
|-------------------|-4-------2---|---2----------| 
|-------------------|-2-----------|---0----------| 
| 
| E E E E    E  E E 
|-------------------|-------------|--------------| 
|-------------------|-------------|--------------| 
|-------------------|-------------|--------------| 
|-------------------|-------------|--------------| 
|-4-4-4-4b5r(4)-2-0-|-------------|--------------| 
|-------------------|-------------|--------------| 


  E E E E       E             E E 
|-------------|-------------|--------| 
|-----2-3-----|-------------|--------| 
|---2---------|-------------|---2----| 
|-------------|-2-----------|---2----| 
|-0-----------|-2-----------|-0-0----| 
|-------------|-0-----------|--------| 


   (Several Licks in Verse 2)                      Verse2 
   E  E  E       E   E E E   E E E E E    E  E      E E E E   E    E 
|--------------------------|----------------------|---------------------| 
|-10-10-10-----------------|----------------------|---------------------| 
|-11-11-11b13r=(11)--9s7s6-|-4-4-4-4-4b6r(4)p2----|-----------2----2----| 
|--------------------------|-2-2-2-2--------------|-5-5-4-2---2----2----| 
|--------------------------|-0-0-0-0--------------|-0-0-0-0---0----0----| 
|--------------------------|----------------------|---------------------| 


  E E E E          E E E E       E E E E E E E E    E 
|--------------|---------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------| 
|-------3------|---------2-----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2--------| 
|-----2-2------|---------2-----|--------------------2---| 
|-2h4----------|---4-4-4-4-----|--------------------2---| 
|-0------------|---------------|--------------------0---| 
|--------------|---------------|------------------------| 


 Guitar Solo Type Breakdown 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    E E E  E E E  E E    E  E E  E  E E  E 
|-----0-----0-----|-----0---0-0-0-0-|------0------0------|-12------11------11--| 
|---0-----0-----0-|---0---0-0-0-0-0-|----9------9------9-|-------9-------9-----| 
|-6-----6-----6---|-9-------9-------|-11-----11-----11---|----11------11-------| 
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------| 
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------| 
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------| 


  E E  E E E  E E E  E   E 
|-9------9------9------|-7----| 
|---9------9------9----|-7----| 
|-----11-----11-----11-|-9----| 
|----------------------|------| 
|----------------------|------| 
|----------------------|------| 


 Interlude 
  E      E  E     E   E  E     E       E  E  E  E     E   E    E 
|------|--------------------|--------|----------------------------| 
|------|--------------------|--------|----------------------------| 
|------|--------------------|--------|----------------------------| 
|------|--------------------|--------|----------------------------| 
|-2----|--------------------|--2-----|-6--6--6--6b7r=(6)--6b7r(6)-| 
|------|-4--4b5r=(4)--2--0--|--------|----------------------------| 


  E    E    E E E E      E E  E    E        E  E  E  E     E   E E 
|--------|-----------------------|--------|------------------------| 
|--------|-----------------------|--------|------------------------| 
|--------|-----------------------|--------|------------------------| 
|--------|-----------------------|--------|------------------------| 
|-2s===6-|-4-4-4-4b4.5==4-4--0--|-2------|------------------------| 
|--------|-----------------------|--------|-4--4--4--4b5r=(4)--2-0-| 


 Chorus3 (go up 2 steps) 
  E           E           E         E 
|-----------|-4---------|-2-------|-0----| 
|-4---------|-5---------|-2-------|-0----| 
|-4---------|-6---------|-3-------|-1----| 
|-6---------|-6---------|-4-------|-2----| 
|-6---------|-4---------|-4-------|-2----| 
|-4---------|-----------|-2-------|-0----| 


  E  E  E  E     E 
|----------0---|-2----| 
|-------4------|-2----| 
|----4---------|-3----| 
|--------------|-4----| 
|-2------------|------| 
|--------------|------| 

Again Another little Picking Part 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E   E 
|-----------6-----|-4-----4-----4-----|-2-----2-----2-----|-0----| 
|-9-----9-----9---|---5-----5-----5---|---2-----2-----2---|-0----| 
|---8-----8-----8-|-----6-----6-----6-|-----3-----3-----3-|-1----| 
|-----9-----------|-------------------|-------------------|-2----| 
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-2----| 
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-0----| 

Final this lick ends the song 
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E   E   E E 
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---9---9s7----| 
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--11--11s9----| 
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Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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100 BPM Andante