If you have just started playing guitar you probably want to
know what are the guitar chords for country songs, how many
chords should I learn, what happens if the chord shapes are
difficult to play.
Acoustic guitars are great to take with you anywhere and are
ideally suited to playing country songs. The guitar chords you
use for country songs will depend on whether it's a two chord or
three chord song.
The best guitar-friendly keys for your country songs are: G, D, A
and E.
Two chord songs.
Guitar chords for country songs in keys 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 using two chords.
Jambalaya
Tulsa Time
Achey Breaky 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's about the story the
singer is telling it has nothing to do with how many chords a
song has, remember that many successful song have only three
chords.
Country music evolved out of the tradition of working cowboys
singing cowhand ballads such as 'Texas Cowboy' around the
campfire or on the range and was later popularized in Hollywood
by singers such as Gene Autry and Roy Rogers. However, the image
of the cowboy was enshrined in country music by Hank Williams.
Three chord songs.
Guitar chords for country songs in keys 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 using three chords.
Am I That Easy To Forget?
Blue Eyes Cryin' In The Rain
Bonapart's Retreat
Cold Cold Heart
Coward Of The County
Crazy Arms
Folsom Prison Blues
Green, Green Grass Of Home
I Fall To Pieces
I Walk The Line
Jealous Heart
King Of The Road
Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys
Okie From Muskogee
Please Release Me
Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms
Six Days On The Road
The Gambler
Truck Drivin' 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
doesn't matter what year you sing it in or where you came from.
If you find that a song is in the wrong key or the chord shapes
are difficult to play use a capo to make things easy.
Here's what happens when you put a capo on the first fret.
G chord now becomes G#/Ab
C chord now becomes C#/Db
D7 chord now becomes D#7/Eb7
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D chord now becomes D#/Eb
G chord now becomes G#/Ab
A7 chord now becomes A#7/Bb7
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A chord now becomes A#/Bb
D chord now becomes D#/Eb
E7 chord now becomes E#7/F7
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E chord now becomes F
A chord now becomes A#/Bb
B7 chord now becomes C7
When you practice your guitar chords for country songs listen
carefully and you will notice how so many country songs are
strikingly similar.M00002CD2any great country songs just use G, C, D or
G, D, A or some combination thereof.
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