Company Man Chords
by Rival Sons
Company Man by Rival Sons is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: |--let ring
e|--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------------|
B|-----------7--6--4--|------------7--6--4----|------------7--6--4-6--(6)--------|
G|-----------x--x--x--|------------x--x--x----|------------x--x--x-x-------------|
D|---------4-7--6--4--|----------4-7--6--4----|----------4-7--6--4-6--(6)--------|
A|---2-3-4---5--4--2--|----2-3-4---5--4--2----|----2-3-4---5--4--2-4--(4)--------|
E|-4------------------|--4-----------------4--|--4------------------------4/16\4-|
Riff A (2x):
|â??3â??| ~~~~ ~~ |â??3â??| ~~~~~~
e|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|---------2p0-4p0-2b(3)------------------|------------2p0-4p0-------------------|
E|-0-2-3-4---------------(2)/4--(4)/16\4--|----0-2-3-4---------2-----------------|
Riff B(Verse): (repeat bunch of times)-| (end of verse) |----let ring---------|
e|----------------------------x--------|-----------------------------------------|
B|-------------7--6--4--------x--------|-----------7--6--4-6---(6)--(6)----------|
G|-------------x--x--x--------x--------|-----------x--x--x-x---------------------|
D|-----------4-7--6--4--------x--------|---------4-7--6--4-6---(6)--(6)----------|
A|-----2-3-4---5--4--2--------x--------|---2-3-4---5--4--2-4---(4)--(4)----------|
E|---4------------------------x--------|-4---------------------------------------|
Play Riff A again during the Chorus
Riff B again for the verse
GTR 1: Bridge
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------4-----(4)-----(4)--------6------(6)-----------------|
D|-6-----(6)----(6)----------4-----(4)-----(4)--------6------(6)--7---(7)--------|
A|-6-----(6)----(6)----------2-----(2)-----(2)--------4------(4)--7---(7)--------|
E|-4-----(4)----(4)-----------------------------------------------5---(5)--------|
| |
| GTR 2: (solo over bridge) |
| ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ |
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------4b(5)4b(5)4b(5)---------4b(5)4b(5)4b(5)----4/6---------6/9--------------|
D|-4h6------------------6p4h6-------------------6p4------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
GTR 1:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6-----(6)----(6)----------------------4-----(4)-----(4)-----------------------|
A|-6-----(6)----(6)----------------------4-----(4)-----(4)-----------------------|
E|-4-----(4)----(4)----------------------2-----(2)-----(2)-----------------------|
| |
| GTR 2: |
| ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~ |
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9p7---7h9----9b(11)9b(11)9b(11)r(10)-9p7---7h9-----9b(11)9b(11)9b(11)r(10)----|
D|-----7------------------------------------7------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
GTR 1:
e|-----------0-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------0-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------1-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----3-----2-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----3-----2-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----1-----0-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
| GTR 2: |
| ~~~~ |
e|-----------14p12-----14p12-----14p12-----14p12-----14p12-----14p12------14b(17)|
B|-9p7/14---------14p12-----14p12-----14p12-----14p12-----14p12-----14p12--------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Then Riff A again, a few more times
Reprise the intro for the end and make sure to let it feedback and make some other
scraping/sliding, cool guitar noises and stuff.
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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