Ching Chime Chords
by Serj Tankian
Ching Chime 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.
Key: C
The main riff is played on baÄ?lama, which is an eastern variaton of lute.
This is a version for acoustic guitar (add a little palm-muting where you feel it):
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------3-2-2-0--------0--------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------3-----------2-------3-3-2-------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3---------3---3-3---3-3---4-4-4-------4-3--3-3-3--3-4---------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------0-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-5---6-6-5-5-3-3-2-2----5--3-2-0---------------|
D|-----2-2-3-3---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-3---------------------------3-----------------3-------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Listen to the song to get that rhytm into your hands.
This is played over the baÄ?lama melody later on:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-----6--5----5-----6--5---5-----6--5---5-6-5---5-6-5---------------------|
D|-----5-------------5------------5------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chords in the Chorus (for acoustic guitar, for electric just play two lowest notes of each one):
e|-3----------1----------1----------4----------------------------------------|
B|-4----------1----------1----------4----------------------------------------|
G|-5----------3----------1----------5----------------------------------------|
D|-5----------3----------3----------6----------------------------------------|
A|-3----------1----------3----------6----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------1----------4----------------------------------------|
In the bridge there is a short part where the baÄ?lama player
plays something else, just improvise over that bit ;)
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