Greetings all
I am desperate to learn A Town Called Malice by the Jam. But there is a big problem - here's the chord shapes -Chords:
B E6 F# E D#m7 A#m G#m
7 9 9 7 6 6 4
7 9 11 9 7 6 4
8 9 11 9 6 6 4
9 9 11 9 8 8 6
9 7 9 7 6 8 6
7 x x x x 6 4
Given that my barre chords are, how can i best put it, absolute cr*p, is there a way that I can play this with a capo that might get me out of jail?
Where's David Hodge when i need him???????
Thanks for any thoughts
Matt
Just tried that out using a capo, doesn't work too well, there are some pretty big stretchs and chords don't sound that good, your best bet is to just practice your barre chords.
Why not tune down a semitone?
Those chord become:
C, F6, G, F, Em7, Bm and Am respectively.
Sound easier?
Best,
A:-)
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Alan's idea is a good one.
If you're in the mood to capo, all you need to do is to transpose. When I see something in B, my first reaction is to put the capo on the second fet. This would make your chords all one step lower:
A D6 E D C#m G#m F#m
There's still a lot do deal with there, right? So let's try putting the capo on the fourth fret and lowering our chords one more full step:
G C6 D C Bm F#m Em
Now that's a lot better! Particularly since it's easy to cheat on both Bm (XX0432) and F#m (202222, which is technically F#m7 but should still sound fine).
C6, by the way, is C, E, G and A. You can play it with X32210 fingering or you can use an Am7 (002010 - which has the same notes) as a fairly acceptable substitute.
Hope this helps.
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Matt
David
Just one question - so to play it capoed at 4 with "your" chords, do I tune down to
d
a
f
c
a
d
Is that right??? Sorry to ask a seemingly simple question but I want to get this right.
Thanks
Matt
I think your going to stay in standard tuning. The capo will do the "work" fore you.
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Hi Matt
A & L is right. You just stay in standard tuning. The G chord, since you've got the capo on the fourth fret, automatically becomes your B chord. There's no need to change anything.
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