guitar chords for country songs
If you’ve just started playing the guitar, you probably want to
know what are the guitar chords for country songs, how many
chords I should learn, what if the chord shapes are
hard to play
Acoustic guitars are great to take anywhere and are
ideal for playing country songs. The guitar chords that you
The use of country songs will depend on whether it is two chords or
three chord song
The best guitar keys for your country songs are: G, D, A
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Two chord songs.
Guitar chords for country songs in the keys of G, D, A and E.
Key of G = G and D7
Key of D = D and A7
Key of A = A and E7
Key of E = E and B7
Here is a short list of some country tunes that use two chords.
Jambalaya
Tulsa Time
painful broken heart
Deep in the heart of Texas
Country artists don’t sing songs, they tell stories.
Country songs are about real life: memories and reactions to
Real things that happen to everyone. It is about the history of the
singer is saying it has nothing to do with how many chords
song has, remember that many hit songs have only three
chords
Country music evolved from the tradition of hard-working cowboys.
singing cowboy ballads like ‘Texas Cowboy’ around the
campfire or on the range and later became popular in Hollywood
by singers like Gene Autry and Roy Rogers. However, the image
The cowboy was enshrined in country music by Hank Williams.
Three chord songs.
Guitar chords for country songs in the keys of G, D, A and E.
Key of G = G, C and D7
Key of D = D, G and A7
Key of A = A, D and E7
Key of E = E, A and B7
Here is a list of some country tunes that use three chords.
Am I so easy to forget?
blue eyes crying in the rain
Bonaparte retirement
cold cold heart
The County Coward
crazy arms
Folsom Prison Blues
green, green grass of house
I fall apart
I walk the line
jealous heart
King of the Road
Moms, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys.
Okie from Muskogee
Please release Me
Rolling in the arms of my sweet baby
six days on the road
The player
truck driver man
Wabash Cannonball
When my blue moon turns to gold again
You are My Sunshine
And hundreds more…
Songs like Your Cheatin’ Heart, people still like that, it’s
It doesn’t matter what year you sing it or where you come from.
If you find that a song is in the wrong key or chord shapes
are difficult to play use a capo to make things easier.
This is what happens when you put a capo on the first fret.
The G chord now becomes G#/Ab
The C chord now becomes C#/Db
The D7 chord now becomes D#7/Eb7
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The D chord now becomes D#/Eb
The G chord now becomes G#/Ab
The A7 chord now becomes A#7/Bb7
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A chord now becomes A#/Bb
The D chord now becomes D#/Eb
The E7 chord now becomes E#7/F7
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The E chord now becomes F
A chord now becomes A#/Bb
The B7 chord now becomes C7
When you practice your guitar chords for country songs listen
listen carefully and you will notice how many country songs are
surprisingly similar. Many great country songs only use G, C, D or
G, D, A or some combination thereof.
