Someone Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays420

Someone by Red Hot Chili Peppers is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
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16
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  			There's slight echo and reverb throughout the whole song. Key of C Major. 
 
 Intro/Verse 
 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
----17---13---13-13-13------13--12---------------------------------------- 
----17---14---14-14-14------14--12-14--12-12------------------------------ 
----17---14---14-14-14------15-------------------------------------------- 
-15------12---12-12-12------15-------------------------------------------- 
-------------------------13----------------------------------------------- 
  
 Chorus                                                                        
 
-------------|-------------------------|---------------------------------- 
-------------|-------------------------|-13-13-13---15-15-15-------------- 
-------------|-------------------------|-14-14-14---16-16-16-------------- 
-------------|-------12/14-12----------|-15-15-15---17-17-17-------------- 
-15-14----12-|----------------15-14----|-15-15-15---17-17-17-------------- 
-------15----|-13-13----------------15-|-13-13-13---15-15-15-------------- 
	      First couple times        Last time play this instead 
 Bridge         
 
------------|-------------------|----------------------------------------- 
------------|15b17r-15----------|----------------------------------------- 
-17-16----14|------------17-16--|-16--14---------------------------------- 
-------17---|-------------------|---------17-17--------------------------- 
------------|-------------------|----------------------------------------- 
------------|-------------------|----------------------------------------- 
	     1st Endings         Last Ending 
 Outro           
 
-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------- 
-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------- 
------17----------------12---------------|-17--------------16v------------ 
---14-17----------------15--12-----------|-17----------------------------- 
-15---15--10/12------15--------15-14-14--|-15----------------------------- 
------------------13---------------------|-------------------------------- 
                                           Last Chord      Last note 

    	

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