Acuff Rose Chords

KeyG Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays744

Acuff Rose by Uncle Tupelo is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords G5, Cadd2 and D5. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
Speed
  			
Tuning: D G D G B D

 

riff 1 
d|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3--| 
G|--2h4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0--2h4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0--2h4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0--2h4-2-0-0--| 
D|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-2-0--| 
G|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--0-0-0-0-0--| 
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 

Intro 
riff 1 x2 

G5                     Cadd2             G5 
Early in the morning, sometimes late at night 
     Cadd2                       D5              G5  
Sometimes I get the feeling that everything's alright 
                       Cadd2            G5 
Early in the evening, sometimes in the day 
     Cadd2                  D5             G5 
Sometimes I get the feeling everything's okay 
Cadd2   Dno5/G x6 
Because everything cuts against the tide when you're by my side 

riff 1 x2 

G5                  Cadd2       G5 
Name me a song that everybody knows 
      Cadd2                D5     G5  
I'll bet you it belongs to Acuff-Rose 
                              Cadd2            G5 
Children in the playground, the folks at the show 
Cadd2                  D5          G5 
Anybody anywhere who's ever been alone 
Cadd2   Dno5/G x6 
Because everything cuts against the tide when I hear that sound 

riff 1 x2  
    	

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