Layer Cake Chords

Key- CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays371

Layer Cake by Shoji Meguro is a guitar song. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
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Text
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Speed
  			Intro 

G|--3--2-----0--3--2-----0--3--2-----0--3--2-----0--3--2-----0--3--2-----0---| 
D|--------4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----------4------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

G|--3--2-----0--3--2-----0--3--2-----0--3--2-----0--3--2-----0--3--2-----0---| 
D|--------4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----------4------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

G|--3--2-----0--3--2--------| 
D|--------4-----------4-----| 
A|--------------------------| 
E|--------------------------| 

verse 1 

G|--------2--0-----------------------------1-----| 
D|-----0--------4-------0---------4------0-------| 
A|--4---------------4------2---------4-----------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------| 

G|--2-------------------2-----------------------------------| 
D|------2---4-----0--------2---4---0------2------1-0--------| 
A|----------------------------------------------------4-----| 
E|----------------------------------------------------------| 

G|--------2--0-----------------------------1-----| 
D|-----0--------4-------0---------4------0-------| 
A|--4---------------4------2---------4-----------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------| 

G|--2---4------------------2---2----------------------| 
D|----------2-----4----------------2---4--------------| 
A|-------------------------------------------4--------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------| 

Repeat x2 

Chorus 
           > 
G|-----6---6-------4---2---4-------2-------------| 
D|--4--------------------------4-------2---4-----| 
A|-----------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------| 
           > 
G|-----6---6-------7---2---4-------2-------------| 
D|--4--------------------------4-------2--1-0----| 
A|---------------------------------------------4-| 
E|-----------------------------------------------| 

Repeat x2 

The song repeats itself 1 time after the intro, 
so you play the first verse 2 times, then the 
Chorus 2 times, and then you play the whole thing 
(minus the intro) one more time. 



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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