The Bend Chords

Key- CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays531

The Bend by Real Estate is a guitar song. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro: 
              FIGURE OUT THE STRUMMING 
e|-00-0000--0-0000--0--0-0-0--0----00-0000--0-0000--0--0000--0-0000----------------| 
B|-77-7777--5-5555--5--5/7-7--3----77-7777--5-5555--5--5555--5-5555----------------| 
G|-66-6666--6-6666--4--4/6-6--2----66-6666--6-6666--4--4444--7-7777----------------| 
D|-77-7777--6-6666--5--5/7-7--0----77-7777--6-6666--5--5555--7-7777----------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

VERSE - LEAD: 
(Rhythm continues to play intro during verse) 

e|---------------------12-10-9-----------------------------------------------------| 
B|-12br-10------12-------------10-------12br-10--10-9---9-8---8-8/10-7-------------| 
G|-----------11------9------------11-----------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

Pre-Chorus 
              FIGURE OUT THE STRUMMING 
e|-000000000000---000000000000-----------------------------------------------------| 
B|-111111111111---222222222222-----------------------------------------------------| 
G|-222222222222---222222222222-----------------------------------------------------| 
D|-333333333333---222222222222-----------------------------------------------------| 
A|-000000000000---000000000000-----------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

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