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Power chords are a great addition to any guitar chord arsenal, and they sound great. These chords have gotten plenty of stage time with every Rock, Punk and Metal band imaginable, but those aren’t the only genres that they’re good for!
- Queens of the Stone Age - Go With The Flow. To start, here's the ruthless power chord accompaniment of QOTSA's go with the flow! To get this really heavy sound, they've actually tuned down a guitar to C (so all the strings sound four frets lower).
- The Kinks - You Really Got Me. This classic riff by the Kinks is simple but effective! The low E string! The first fret! Right here!
- Blink 182 - All the Small Things. Back to the late nineties! Check out the intro to this one and you'll have most of the chord for the whole song! For the two short intro power chords, start on the low E string.
- Black Sabbath - Iron Man. This song alternates between a power chord riff and a single note riff. The power chord riff starts at 27 seconds (where I've timed the youtube clip to start) and then on the verse is almost the same melody but played with just one note.
Power chords are a staple in guitar playing, especially in rock, punk, and metal. Their simple structure and powerful sound make them a go-to for many guitarists. But what exactly are power chords, and how do they work?
- All the Small Things by Blink 182. Pop punk. E A D G B E. View All the Small Things Tabs Here. Tom DeLonge, the lead guitarist of Blink-182, wrote this song as an ode to his then-girlfriend.
- Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana. Grunge. E A D G B E. View Smells Like Teen Spirit Tabs Here. In their three albums-wide and seven-year-long existence, Nirvana released a slew of chart-topping earworms.
- Rock You Like a Hurricane by The Scorpions. Hard rock. E A D G B E. View Rock You Like a Hurricane Tabs Here. This utterly catchy anthem wasn’t the first hit for Scorpions.
- Eye of the Tiger by Survivor. Rock. E A D G B E. View Eye of the Tiger Tabs Here. This is my go-to song whenever I need a little motivation to power through the day.
- What Are Power Chords?
- Barre Chords vs Power Chords
- Power Chord Examples
- Power Chords Chart
- Easy Power Chord Songs to Practice
- Final Thoughts
Whether you play an acoustic or electric guitar, you are going to come across power chords. A power chord (also known as the fifth chord) is basically a chord consisting of a root note and afifth interval note. If you don’t know what I mean by fifth interval, it is in reference to the fifth note in the major scale. For example, in C major, the note...
You may have heard of the term barre chord before but weren’t really sure what the difference was in comparison to a power chord. A barre chord is a type of chord which makes use of the index finger to press down on all six guitar strings at once, forming in essence, a bar across the fretboard. A power chord on the other hand, is actually just a fr...
Knowing the positioning of a few basic power chords will allow you to not only learn a bunch of new songs but also create new music. The finger positionings for all power chords are more or less the same. One of the major differences in power chord positioning is deciding whether you want to play the chord with 2 or 3 fingers. I personally prefer p...
The following power chords chart will show the finger positions for each power chord mentioned above. This will give you a quick and easy way to check where to play each power chord starting from either the 6th or 5th string. Most diagrams show how power chords are played using 3 fingers however if you do not want to play the chord with 3 fingers r...
Now that you know what a power chord is and how to play them, let’s take a look at a few easy power chord songs you can practice. There are a ton of popular hit songs thateither partly or solely use power chords. Read Next: 27 Easy Rock Guitar Songs Many of these songs fall into the rock/metal genre, however, power chords are certainly not exclusiv...
That’s about it for power chords. A fairly simple concept and once you know how to play them, they open a huge range of possibilities. Here are a few last additional tips for playing power chords I’ll leave you with. 1. Only strum the strings you’re fretting – In most power chords there are no open strings. Therefore, practice only strumming the st...
One helpful ‘cheat’ method around playing a chord like this is to play a ‘power’ chord instead. Power chords are really common in rock music and if you have grown up as a lead guitarist you will already be very familiar with them.
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Top 70 Famous & Easy Power Chord Songs For Beginners – Tabs Included. The Power Chords have been used in most of the epic rock guitar riffs of all time and can be heard in songs of iconic bands like Nirvana, Metallica, Iron Maiden, and many more.
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