Always played this as || Am : G | F : E ||
However, saw a piano score for this recently which had || Am : Am/G | F7 : E7 || which does actually sound pretty good - on a piano. Strangely this same sequence played on a guitar just sounds wrong to me - especially the F7 which seems to jar. I’m guessing this is, at least partly, because I’m so used to hearing it the first way (any guitarist I know plays the Am G F E sequence) that anything else feels a bit alien. Also, because the bass notes - and particularly the G - are so dominant that they maybe imply a chord that isn’t actually there.
Ok, I know there’s always more than one way to chord a song but I’d be interested to know how others play this.
Edit - piano example (in Dm but essentially it’s the || Am : Am/G | F7 : E7 || thing transposed)...
https://youtu.be/Q0XVfBjXHPwEdit 2 - Been playing around with the || Am : Am/G | F7 : E7 || sequence a bit more and found it's all depends on which inversions are used - played as 577555 335555 131241 020130 it really doesn't sound too good. However, both x02210 302010 131211 020100 and x02210 302010 x8786x x7675x are both pretty decent.
I play guitar because I enjoy it rather than because I’m any good at it
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Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
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