Taxman Chords
by Oasis
Taxman by Oasis is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
The whole song is just guitars and a little drums.There are two
main lead riffs:
E
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--1~------------------------------1-|
|--2~--2-2/6~-6/7~-7/9~-9\2~-2/6~\-2-|
|--2~------------------------------2-|
|------------------------------------|
E
|---------------------------------------------------| (A bunch of
|---------------------------------------------------| times)
|--1~---------------------------------------------1-|
|--2~---------------------------------------------2-|
|--2~--2-2-2/5~--5-5/7~~-7\5~5~5~5~5~5~5~5/7~~----2-|
|---------------------------------------------------|
D
|--2-2-2-2-2-----| (A bunch of times,again)
|--3-3-3-3-3-----|
|--2-2-2-2-2--1~-|
|--x-x-x-x-x--2~-|
|--x-x-x-x-x--2~-|
|--x-x-x-x-x-----|