CAGED Chord System Tab About Fretboard Theory Free Tab
This collection of free tab will help you get started learning chord shapes and inversions derived from the guitar CAGED system. It’s a perfect resource for applying the chord and music principals taught in Fretboard Theory.
Great Rhythm Guitar Players
Do you know that great rhythm guitar players don’t necessarily use strange chords, they just know how to freshen up common chord changes with different shapes and voicings? Take the song “Jack and Diane” by John Mellencamp for example. Each section of this tune sounds unique but the whole song is actually just variations of the SAME THREE CHORDS! Do you want to know how to get all this sound from just three chords?
Chapter 3: CAGED Template Chord System
Most books on chords simply provide fingering examples to no end and fail to teach you the “system” from which all chords are built. Fretboard Theory Chapter 3, which is also available for purchase on DVD, will teach you how to use the “CAGED Template Chord System.” This five-form “system” is how chords are built and arranged on the guitar fretboard. Learn how to map out arpeggio patterns that you can use to create all sorts of unique chord shapes and interesting chord voicings. No need to try and memorize thousands of different fingerings. Have you heard the saying, “If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.” It’s the same principle.
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About Free Tab
Please note that Fretboard Theory only teaches the theory behind songs. It is NOT a tab book and won’t teach you how to play songs. But, I’ve included special details along with the notation that correspond to what you learn in the book about chord forms. These songs range from beginner level through advanced and make perfect exercises for developing chording technique. The better you learn these and play along the more you’ll train your ear too.
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Use the bookmark tab in Adobe Acrobat to navigate through this document. “C Form” “Under the Bridge” Red Hot Chili Peppers “Stairway to Heaven” Led Zeppelin “Jack and Diane” John Mellencamp “Brown Sugar” The Rolling Stones “Plush” Stone Temple Pilots “Stay Together for the Kids” Blink 182 “Tears in Heaven” Eric Clapton “A Form” “Stairway to Heaven” Led Zeppelin “All Star” Smash Mouth “(BangYour Head) Metal Health” Quiot Riot “The Wind Cries Mary” Jimi Hendrix “G Form” “The Wind Cries Mary” Jimi Hendrix “Landslide” Fleetwood Mac “Fade to Black” Metallica “Stairway to Heaven” Led Zeppelin “E Form” “Gloria” Them (Van Morrison) “Johnny B. Goode” Chuck Berry “Tripping Billies” Dave Matthews Band “Never LetYou Go” Third Eye Blind “D Form” “Spirit of Radio” Rush “Crash Into Me” Dave Matthews Band “Hole Hearted” Extreme “All the Small Things” Blink 182 “Tears in Heaven” Eric Clapton
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“C form” Barre Chord “Under the Bridge” Red Hot Chili Peppers
D
F#
D
3
F#
F#
“Stairway to Heaven” Led Zeppelin
Am
E+/G#
C/G
D/F#
Fmaj7
G/B Am
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A
E/A
A E/A
D/A
A E
D
A D A E
E A E
E
D
A D A E
D
“Jack and Diane” John Mellencamp
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E A
A
D
C G C C C F C F C G C G C
F
Ab Eb C C
Eb
Db
Ab
Db
Eb
Bb
F
F
C
“Brown Sugar” The Rolling Stones
G
0:28
D/F#
F
C/E
C
Ab
Eb
F
Ebmaj7
“Plush” Stone Temple Pilots
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0:39
G5
D/F#
“Stay Together for the Kids” Blink 182
0:38
F#m
F#7
C#
A7
Bm7
D/E
“Tears in Heaven” Eric Clapton
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“A form” Barre Chord
“Stairway to Heaven” Led Zeppelin
3
2:14 Interlude
Am7
Am7
Stairway to Heaven
Em/D
G/D
Led Zeppelin
D
D
C/D
D
Intro
All Star
D
G
" A form"
"A form" barre chords
Tune Down 1/2 Step
Smash Mouth
C
Am
“All Star” Smash Mouth
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"A form"
(Bang Your Head) Metal Health
Verse 0:43
A
B/A
C/A
Quiet Riot
B/A
"A form"
“(Bang Your Head) Metal Health” Quiot Riot
Eb/Bb
The Wind Cries Mary
E/B
"A form"
F/C
Eb/G
E/G#
The Jimi Hendrix Experience F/A
“The Wind Cries Mary” Jimi Hendrix
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“G form” Barre Chord
Eb/Bb
The Wind Cries Mary
E/B
F/C
Eb/G
E/G#
F/A
"G form"
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
“The Wind Cries Mary” Jimi Hendrix
Landslide
Intro Capo III
Eb (C)
let ring throughout
Bb/D (G/B)
"G form"
Fleetwood Mac
Cm7 (Am7)
Bb/D (G/B)
w/fingers
“Landslide” Fleetwood Mac
Fade to Black
Intro
Metallica
(Bm)
(A)
let ring throughout
(B)
(A)
"G form"
“Fade to Black” Metallica
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Am
E+/G#
C/G
D/F#
Fmaj7
G/B Am
“Stairway to Heaven” Led Zeppelin
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“E form” Barre Chord Gloria
Interlude 1:06
Them (Van Morrison) E D A D
E D A D E D A D E D A D 3 "E form"
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
“Gloria” Them (Van Morrison)
Intro
Bb
"E form"
5 5
Chuck Berry
Bb
5 5
4
Johnny B. Goode
5 5
“Johnny B. Goode” Chuck Berry
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Tripping Billies
Intro
D/F# G "E form"
1. D/F# G
Dave Matthews Band
Bm A D/F# G D/F#
G
2.
4
A
Bm
D/F#
G
“Tripping Billies” Dave Matthews Band Bridge 1:50
Never Let You Go
E5
B/D#
E5
"E form"
B
Third Eye Blind
E5
A5
“Never Let You Go” Third Eye Blind
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“D form” Barre Chord 0:27 Intro
Spirit of Radio
5
E
B
E/G#
"D form"
E
B
Rush
A 3
3 B
E/G#
"D form"
3
A
“Spirit of Radio” Rush Intro
E/C#
3
E/G#
"D form"
Crash Into Me
E/A
E/A
E/B
E/B
Dave Matthews Band
E
E
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Hole Hearted
Tune Down 1/2 Step Intro
D
E/D
D
Extreme
E/D
"D form"
5
D
E/D
D
E/D
F/D
“Hole Hearted” Extreme
All the Small Things
Intro
C5
F5
"D form"
G5
Blink 182
“All the Small Things” Blink 182
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F5
Tears in Heaven
Intro
3
F#m7/E
A
D/F#
Eric Clapton
3
E/G#
F#m7
"D form"
"D form"
E7sus4 E7
A
“Tears in Heaven” Eric Clapton
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