Nth degree Chords
by Morning Wood
Nth degree by Morning Wood is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Tuning: Drop D (just because I am lazy). Standard tuning works fine, adjust accordingly.
Opening Riff Part 1 (3x)
Guitar 1 (moderate distortion and delay OR echo) let last note ring out
Listen to song for timing?
e-------------------------------------||
b--12--9--7-9-7--12-12-9-9-10-9-------||
g-------------------------------9-----||
d-------------------------------------||
a-------------------------------------||
d-------------------------------------||
Opening Riff Part 2
Guitar 1 (1X)
e-------------------------------------||
b--12--9--7-9-7--12-12-9-9-10-9-------||
g-------------------------------9-----||
d-------------------------------------||
a-------------------------------------||
d-------------------------------------||
Guitar 2 (4X)
(distortion)
***There are various strumming patterns. Listen for the variations ~ they are subtle).
e--------------------------||
b--------9-----------------||
g--------9--7777-----------||
d--9-----9--7777-7777------||
a--7--0--7--5555-7777------||
d----------------7777------||
Verse: (no guitar until? ??to the Nth degree? where the Chorus kicks in)
Chorus:
Guitar 1 (1X)
Much like opening riff, but there is a slight variation in timing)
e-------------------------------------||
b--12--9--7-9-7-1212-9-10-9-----------||
g---------------------------9---------||
d-------------------------------------||
a-------------------------------------||
d-------------------------------------||
Guitar 2 (4X)
e--------------------------||
b--------9-----------------||
g--------9--7777-----------||
d--9-----9--7777-7777------||
a--7--0--7--5555-7777------||
d----------------7777------||
End on? let it ring out
e-----||
b-----||
g-----||
d--2--||
a--2--||
d--2--||
Verse 2 (no guitar until...)
Both Guitars enter at the phrase ??is all we need?)
Guitar 1 (faint in back round, and muted? with distortion and WAH)
e?12.12.12.12.-10.10.10.10.-10.10.10.10.-5555-4444-2222-0000---||
b?12.12.12.12.-10.10.10.10.--9--9--9--9--7777-5555-3333-2222---||
g--------------------------------------------------------------||
d--------------------------------------------------------------||
a--------------------------------------------------------------||
d--------------------------------------------------------------||
Guitar 2 (volume is more prominent)
e----------------------------------------------------------------------||
b----------------------------------------------------------------------||
g----------------------------------------------------------------------||
d----0----7--------6--------0----|----0----7--------6--------0---------||
a--7--------7--------7--------7--|--7--------7--------7--------7-------||
e----------------------------------------------------------------------||
Chorus:
Guitar 1 (1X)
e-----------------------------||
b--12--9--7-9-7-1212-9-10-9---||
g---------------------------9-||
d-----------------------------||
a-----------------------------||
d-----------------------------||
Guitar 2 (4X)
e--------------------------||
b--------9-----------------||
g--------9--7777-----------||
d--9-----9--7777-7777------||
a--7--0--7--5555-7777------||
d----------------7777------||
end on (and let it ring out):
e------||
b--9---||
g--9---||
d--9---||
a--7---||
d------||
Solo (or so it goes? I don?t know)
Guitar 1
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
b--7/9999-77-5---------------------------------7/9999-77-5------------------------||
g--7/9999-77-6-6h7-----676-------676-----------7/9999-77-6-6h7----676-------676---||
d------------------7/9-----9-7/9-----7-6b7~~~~----------------7/9-----9-7/9-----7-||
a---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
d---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Guitar 2 (during solo)
e--------------------------||
b--------9-----------------||
g--------9--7777-----------||
d--9-----9--7777-7777------||
a--7--0--7--5555-7777------||
d----------------7777------||
All end on?
e------||
b------||
g------||
d--2---||
a--2---||
d--2---||
she whispers ?M-O, M-O-R, MORNING W-O-O-D, ARE WE RIGHT?? then guitar 1 plays (1X):
e-------------------------------------||
b--12--9--7-9-7--12-12-9-9-10-9-------||
g-------------------------------9-----||
d-------------------------------------||
a-------------------------------------||
d-------------------------------------||
??A LITTLE LOUDER? then guitar 1 plays this again (1X)
e-------------------------------------||
b--12--9--7-9-7--12-12-9-9-10-9-------||
g-------------------------------9-----||
d-------------------------------------||
a-------------------------------------||
d-------------------------------------||
??AND HARDER,? Guitar 1 once more:
e----------------------------------------------------||
b--12--9--7-9-7--12-12-9-9-10-9----------------------||
g-------------------------------9-99999999-7777------||
d---------------------------------99999999-7777-7777-||
a---------------------------------77777777-5555-7777-||
d-----------------------------------------------7777-||
Chorus to ending:
Guitar 1 (4X) (just listen for when this riff comes in)
e-------------------------------------||
b--12--9--7-9-7--12-12-9-9-10-9-------||
g-------------------------------9-----||
d-------------------------------------||
a-------------------------------------||
d-------------------------------------||
Guitar 2 (16X)
e--------------------------||
b--------9-----------------||
g--------9--7777-----------||
d--9-----9--7777-7777------||
a--7--0--7--5555-7777------||
d----------------7777------||