Primitive Chords

KeyC#m CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays608

Primitive by Real Estate is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C#m. It uses the chords C#m, B, D, A, G#m and F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C#m
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Another great tune off their new album.  Words and music by Martin Courtney. 

Here's the recurring riff played throughout the song: 

e|-----------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------12-10-9------| 
G|-11-13-11-13--11-13-11-13--14--11--9-9-----------9-9-| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------| 

e|--------------------| 
B|--------------------| 
G|------9--------13-9-| 
D|-9/11-----7/9-------| 
A|--------------------| 
E|--------------------| 

C#m                            B                   D             A 
When the night is young in the land I'm from, the seasons ghost away 

    C#m             B                     D                     A 
The stars at night obscured by light, can still lead me through this 

           G#m     F#      A          G#m       F#          A 
Don't know where I want to be but I'm glad that you're with me 

          G#m     F#      A 
And all I know is it'd be easy to leave 

Do this walk down on the D string before that main riff: 

D|-14-13-11-9-| 

And that's basically it! 

And in my mind I can't see the street 
Where you and I will live 
You still can't see the stars at night 
But we're not primitive 

Don't know where I want to be 
Oh but I'm glad that you're with me 
And all I know is it'd be easy to leave 
    	

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