Theme One Chords

Key- CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays555

Theme One by Van der Graaf Generator is a guitar song. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------------------5----------------------------------5---5-7--------------| 
D|-5h7-7--------5h7---7-5-3h--3-------5h7-7--------5h7---7------------------| 
A|--------------------------5-----------------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

  

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-10-9-7-9-5-------7-5-3-5h------------------------------------------------| 
D|------------7-------------7------------3p2--------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------8-7-5---------(3)/5---------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

Bridge  
(Unsure in red) 

e|----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-6--|-6p5h6---5h6h8-5h6p3-3h5p1------------6p5h6-----8----8p7-8p7-8p7-8p7---| 
G|----|--------------------------3/53p0h2-------------------------------------| 
D|----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 

  

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-6p5h6---5h6h8-5h6p3-3h5p1-------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------3/53p0h2-----------------------------------------------| 
D|------------------------------------2--------------------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------------0----0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

  
Outro jam 

e|----------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------------| 
A|-x-x-5-x7-x3h5-xxx----------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------| 
    	

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