Of Before Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays465

Of Before by John Frusciante is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, F, C, Am, Bb and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			John Frusciante – Of Before 

Intro:  
G    F     G      F  (x4) (these chords over top of the piano part sound pretty good) 
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--------------3-------5--5--5-------- 
-----------2----2-----5--5--5-------- x4 
---5---5--------------5--5--5-------- 
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---3--------------------------------- 

C                 Am 
In this light I'm lost 
       C              Am 
In the darkness of before I walked  
    Bb                        Dm 
and knew where I was all the time 
            Bb                Dm     G    C   F    
Seeing with every part of who I am 

Dm  G            C        F 
Anyway, you're a ghost in life 
Dm           G       C      F 
Pushed right out and kept inside  
G        F     G        F 
of a bodiless weight 
             G F    G        F 
Pressure that has no space 

C            Am 
As he goes along 
   C               Am 
He takes what he's lost  
   Bb                   Dm 
and discards what he's won 
     Bb            Dm     G      C   F    
He's every bit as alive as you and I 

Dm   G    C         F 
Everybody kills the light 
Dm           G        C           F 
When they're 'bout to sleep for the night 

C                 Am 
As you go through life 
         C        Am 
You're a star in flight 
        Bb                  Dm 
When you close your eyes at night 
        Bb           Dm     G    C   F    
Someone clears a path for you to ride 

Dm      G        C     F 
When you wake the next day 
Dm      G     C       F 
You will only go that way 

         G                       F      G   F       
That was made for you, made for you, 
Made for you, made for you, 
Cleared for you, cleared for you, 
Cleared for you, cleared for you... 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante