Chicago Chords
Chicago by Sufjan Stevens is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Am, C, G and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
This is something similar to How Sufjan Played his acoustic version of Chicago
when he Played on KCRW here in LA.
Tuning: Standard
(Capo on 8: played relative to capo)
Main Verse:
| D | Am | C | G |
e|--------2-------0-----------------0-------------------------------------|
B|----3-------3------------1-----------------1--------0--------0--------0-|
G|------2-------2------2--------2--------0--------0--------0--------0-----|
D|--0-------0------------2--------2--------2--------2--------0--------0---|
A|-------------------0--------0--------3--------3-----------------2-------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------3----------------|
-CHORUS- (played verse right before chorus as well) This is pretty much the
same as the verse onnly a slight variation at the end.
Chorus:
| D | Am | C | Em | G |
e|--------2-------0-----------------0-----------------------------------1--|
B|----3-------3------------1-----------------1--------0--------0-----------|
G|------2-------2------2--------2--------0--------0--------0--------0------|
D|--0-------0------------2--------2--------2--------2--------2--------0----|
A|-------------------0--------0--------3--------3--------2-----------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------3--------|
(if you want to see the video of him playing this Email me and i will send you the link)
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