Beginners Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays541

Beginners by Slow Club is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am, F and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			C 
And in a moment it all came to this 
Am 
The time it took for your muscles to grow and grip 
F 
Of all the things Ive heard 
G 
Whyd it have to be these words? 

C 
And in a second Ill be gone and you wont have to think 
Am 
I got enough to keep me going, keep me from the brink 
F 
As your bones grew 
G 
Why did you become you? 
Become you? 

C 
Oh, Ive told you, oh, to be older 
F 
You know Im right 
G 
Im right 

C 
You know these moments, they take years to pass 
Am 
You gotta be coping, gotta be hoping the hands fly by fast 
F 
You call this true 
G 
Why did you become you?  
Become you? 

See the sun rise now, this has to end 
Dont let it be the one to walk us home again 
And you know you havent got all the answers 
If you did you would be screaming them out 
And I know I havent got all the answers, 
If I did I would be screaming them out, screaming them out 

C 
And in a moment it all came to this 
Am 
The greatest book you ever read came from my favorites list 
F 
Of all the things to lose, 
G 
its you I choose. 

C 
Oh, I told you, oh, to be older, 
F 
You know Im right 
G 
Im right 

C                           Am 
Keep breathing, keep breathing 
F                            G 
Find a scheme you believe in 
    	

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