Keeper Chords
Keeper by John Butler Trio is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Music & Lyrics by John Butler
From the album "John Butler" By The John Butler Trio
Tabbed by - Ron Prince
Open C
C G C G C E
This is the main riff through out the song, just a rough outline cos there
is a lot of impro involved (and a lot of bass). try experimenting with
hitting the open strings before each set of chords.
E-------------------------------------------------
C-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7---2-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-2
G-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7---2-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-2
C-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7---2-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-2
G-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7---2-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-2
C-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7---2-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-2
The 'All I got inside' bit at 1:20 I play like, with a bit of impro of
course
E-------------------------
C-0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2
G-0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2
C-0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2
G-0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2
C-0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2
Little solo after it kinda like
E-8-7-5-3-3-0-3-5-7-7---------------
C-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-0-2-2-2
G-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-0-2-2-2
C-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-0-2-2-2
G---------------------------2-2-2-0-2-2-2
C---------------------------2-2-2-0-2-2-2
Thsn play the first riff for a while.
outro
E------------7h8p7-7------------7h8p7-7--
C-5-5-5-5--0-----0---7-7-7-7-7--0-----0--
G-5-5-5-5-------------7-7-7-7-7-----------
C-5-5-5-5-------------7-7-7-7-7-----------
G-5-5-5-5-------------7-7-7-7-7-----------
C-5-5-5-5-------------7-7-7-7-7------------
E------------7h8p7-7------------7h8p7-7--
C-2-2-2-2--0-----0---2-2-2-2--0-----7--
G-2-2-2-2-------------2-2-2-2-----------
C-2-2-2-2-------------2-2-2-2-----------
G-2-2-2-2-------------2-2-2-2-----------
C-2-2-2-2-------------2-2-2-2-----------
and repeat that a few times
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