The Grange Chords
by ZZ Top
The Grange by ZZ Top is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am and Cm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
Am
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-|-*------------------------------1---1---------------------------1---1--*-|
-|----2-2---2---2---2---2-----0h2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----0h2---2------|
-|----2-2---2---2---2---2-------------------2---2---2---2---2--------------|
-|-*------------------------2--------------------------------------------*-|
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then that sort of changes into this:
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-|-*---------------------------------------------------------------------*-|
-|----2-2---2---2---2---2---2---------2-2---2---2---2---2---2-------2------|
-|----2-2---2---2---2---2---2---------2-2---2---2---2---2---2-------2------|
-|-*--------------------------3---5---------------------------3---5------*-|
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then the main heavy riff:
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|-*----------------------------------*-|
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|---2-2---2---2---2---2---2-5---7--5---|
|-*-0-0---0---0---0---0---0-3---5--3-*-|
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Solo. Cm pentatonic
-|--------------8-------------------------------------------------------|
-|-11^------------11-8-11-8----8----------------------------------------|
-|--------------------------10---10-8-10-8------------------------------|
-|-----------------------------------------10-10------------8-------10--|
-|-----------------------------------------------------8h10---8---------|
-|---------------------------------------------------------------11-----|
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-|-------------------------8^-----------------------------------------------|
-|---------8-------10-10--------------8---------------------8-----------10--|
-|-6/8h10----8-------------------/10----8-6-8-6---------/10---8----8--------|
-|--------------11------------------------------8-6-8-----------11---11-----|
-|----------------------------
-|-/11-11-11-11-11------------
-|-/12-12-12-12-12-10---------
-|--------------------13-10---
-|----------------------------
-|----------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-------------------------------------------------------8--------------8^---
------8----------------------------------8h10--10--10-----10--10--10-------
-/10----8--6---------------6-6-8-6-8/10------------------------------------
-------------8-6-8----8-6-8-8----------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------11-11-11--11-11-11-11-11-11--
--/10---8----/10-8-----------/12-12-12-12-/12-12-12-12-12-12--
----------10-------10-----------------------------------------
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--------------8---------------------------------------|
------------8---11-8----8-----------------------------|
--10-8-10^-----------10---10^r-8----------------------|
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*it sort of gets muffled here, just stay on the low end of the scale
for a bit
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-|-----------11-11-11-11-11------11-11-11-11-11------11-11-11-11-11-
-|----8^-/12-12-12-12-12-12--/12-12-12-12-12-12--/12-12-12-12-12-12-
-|-10---------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----11-11-11-11-11-----11---11------------------------11-11-11-11-11--
-/12-12-12-12-12-12--/12--/12---10-----------------/12-12-12-12-12-12--
-----------------------------------13-10----10-------------------------
-----------------------------------------13----------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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-----11-11------11-11-11-11-11------11-11-----11----11----11---------------|
-/12-12-12--/12-12-12-12-12-12--/12-12-12-/12---/12---/12----12\10--8------|
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-|------------8~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------------------------------------------|
-|------8h10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10--------------|
-|-8h10------------12----12----11----11----11----10----10----10-------------2---|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|--------------*transition begins at this point--------------------0-0-3h4-----|
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-|----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10----10--------------------|
-|-12----12----12----11----11----11----10----10----10-------------2---------|
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-|--------------------------------------------------------0-0-3h4-----0-0-0-|
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repeat riffs from the begginning