One Black Sheep Chords

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One Black Sheep by Mat Kearney is a guitar song played in the key of C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			

 
  

You can basically leave your fingers in the same position for the  
whole time during this song fingerpicked sections. Here is the  
finger position: 

|033010| 

For the last two bars, just lift your pinky finger (and your pointer,  
when you do the hammer-on) off the frets, and put it back down when  
youâ??re done. 


  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------0-------| 
B|------1---------|--------1-------|------1---------|----------------| 
G|----0-----0-----|----0-------0---|----0-----0-----|----0-------0---| 
D|3-----------3---|----------------|3-----------3---|----------------| 
A|----------------|3---------------|----------------|3---------------| 
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
B|------1---------|--------1-------|------1---------|--------0-h-1---| 
G|----0-----0-----|----0-------0---|----0-----0-----|----0-----------| 
D|3-----------3---|----------------|0-----------0---|0-------0-------| 
A|----------------|3---------------|----------------|----------------| 
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
Repeat until 1:32, then pause (on books, when he says â??but thereâ??s no books...â?�) 

Chords for the 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