Beethoven's C Chords
by Serj Tankian
Beethoven's C by Serj Tankian 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.
DROP C TUNING!
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-1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3-|---------------3-|--------------0|
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"...on your shoulders...oceans are combined"
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-0-0-000--7-7-777--|-8-8-8-8---1-1-1-1-| X2
-0-0-000--7-7-777--|-8-8-8-8---1-1-1-1-|
-0-0-000--7-7-777--|-8-8-8-8---1-1-1-1-|
"Being that i love you so much..."
............PM..............
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-7-9-7-9-7-9-8-10-8-10-8-10-|
"find the evil little perpetrator..."
...............PM............ realese PM
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-0--0-3--0--0-3----|-4-6-4-6-4-6-4-6-|-7-9-7-9-|7-9-7--|
"you want it all...love is not about the profits..."
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"the arms of time..."
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-1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3|-1-3-1-3-1-3-0-|
"do you beleive...............in me"
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-2--3--0-----------|-2--3--0-----------|
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-2--3--0--------12\|-2--3--0--------12\|
"...but i don't mind....but i can't find"
.......PM..................PM...........
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-0-0-000--7-7-777--|-8-8-8-8---1-1-1-1-| X2
-0-0-000--7-7-777--|-8-8-8-8---1-1-1-1-|
-0-0-000--7-7-777--|-8-8-8-8---1-1-1-1-|
"Being that i love you so much..."
............PM..............
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-7-9-7-9-7-9-8-10-8-10-8-10-|
"find the evil little perpetrator..."
...............PM............ realese PM
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-0--0-3---0--0-3---|-4-6-4-6-4-6-4-6-|-7-9-7-9-|7-9-7--|
"you want it all...love is not about the profits..."
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-5--3--2--0-| X4
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"the arms of time..."
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-1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3|-1-3-1-3-1-3-0-|
"do you beleive...............in me"
solo
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-0---8---5---3-| x2
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"but letely i've been blind..."
Solo de fundo
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"you left me here to die..."
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"...left in time"
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"the arms of time..."
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".......................................................in nothing!"
Piano:
"But lately I've been blind
Leave me all alone, left in time".