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I Should Have Been True Chords

by Mavericks
KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays399

I Should Have Been True by Mavericks is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C and Am. 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 
  			

Tuning: Standard 

Intro: 

     C                               Am 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------5---3---5---1-----------------5---3---5---1--------------| 
G|------------------5---4---5---0-----------------5---4---5---2--------------| 
D|------2--5-5--------------------------2--7-7-------------------------------| 
A|---3-------------------------------3---------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

     C                               Am 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------5---3---5---1-----------------5---3---5/10---------------| 
G|------------------5---4---5---0-----------------5---4---5/9----------------| 
D|------2--5-5--------------------------2--7-7-------------------------------| 
A|---3-------------------------------3---------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

Repeat the intro riff for the ending. 


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