Kept Chords

KeyEm Capo7st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays369

Kept by Matt Nathanson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 7st fret. It uses the chords Em, Cadd9, G and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
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16
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Intro 


e|--------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|2?-5/4--------------------------------------------------------| 
A|2--2----------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------------------| 

Em 
I watched the flames slow and strange 
Cadd9           G 
Make the walls fill my eyes? 
Em 
I heard your voice through the noise? 
Cadd9                 G 
I was cold and it was warm inside? 

D 
And I should have kept my hands 
Em 
I should have kept my arms inside 
Cadd9 G 
?I believe it now 
D 
I should have kept my head 
?Em 
I should have kept my heart, 

my heart 

(Intro) 

? 
Em 
Shooting stars, falling leaves 
Cadd9                          G 
?The more things change, the more I sleep 
Em 
I took her heart. I licked her wounds? 
Cadd9                              G 
And when morning came, it felt like truth? 


D 
And I should have kept my hands 
Em 
I should have kept my arms inside 
Cadd9           G? 
I believe it now 
D 
I should have kept my head 
?Em 
I should have kept my heart, 

my heart 


(BREAK) 

G 

Em 

G 
oh, oh, ohoh, oh 
G 
oh, oh, ohoh, oh 

Em 

Em 
I'm on my knees? 

D 
And I should have kept my hands 
Em 
I should have kept my arms inside 
Cadd9           G? 
I believe you now 

D? 
I should have kept my head 
?Em 
I should have kept my heart, 

my heart 


(BREAK) 

End on Em 
    	

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