That Chord

amarok1971

Bm IS comfortably numb

stickyfiddle

bingefeller said:

Mr Brightside chord.

Brightside isn't really a chord as he always plays it arpeggiated. I would say When You Were Young is an absolutely iconic opening chord though. 

Also Roll With It.

And Wonderwall. 

And Don't Look Back In Anger, though that's as much the piano sound as the chord itself.

smigeon

Brass in Pocket - The Pretenders

Longtallronnie

Graham Coxon plays a weird major/minor butchered chord in coffee and tv. Could never work it out until he demonstrated it on TPS. 

TheBigDipper

Pixies - Here Comes Your Man.  I think it's a D7b9, but nowhere near a guitar to try it. 

jhumber

Longtallronnie said:

Graham Coxon plays a weird major/minor butchered chord in coffee and tv...

....and a pretty simple but effective “E major up an octave” in Parklife. 

bloodandtears

Yankee Rose - David Lee Roth

axisus

Whitecat said:

The first chord Alex plays in “Hemispheres” by Rush has ruined that chord for me no matter what the context. 

Great intro! Great album.

randella

skullfunkerry said:

There's nothing unique about it, but the power chord at the beginning of Nightrain by Guns n Roses is quite distinctive.

@skullfunkerry - it's the cowbell in that one that makes me think of the tune whenever I hear one.

Donk, donk, donk, donk, BRAA-AANG!

JohnS37

One of my fave chords is one you hear, among other places, on Stevie’s organ in I’m A Man.
On guitar it works like this, using all strings:
Forefinger on second fret, fifth string;
Middle finger on second fret, fourth string;
Third finger on third fret, second string;
Pink on third fret, top string.
No idea what it’s called, probably a variation on G major, but it sounds enormous.

pigface

JohnS37 said:

One of my fave chords is one you hear, among other places, on Stevie’s organ in I’m A Man.
On guitar it works like this, using all strings:
Forefinger on second fret, fifth string;
Middle finger on second fret, fourth string;
Third finger on third fret, second string;
Pink on third fret, top string.
No idea what it’s called, probably a variation on G major, but it sounds enormous.

Em7, as used also in "Wish you were here".

koneguitarist

I use a chord, don’t know what it is, I call it the Bread chord. 

First finger 3 string 2nd fret, 
Third finger 4 string 4th fret
Fourth finger 5 string 4th fret
play all strings. 

Use it in Make it with you by Bread and also Peaceful easy feeling The Eagles. 

viz

pigface said:

JohnS37 said:

One of my fave chords is one you hear, among other places, on Stevie’s organ in I’m A Man.
On guitar it works like this, using all strings:
Forefinger on second fret, fifth string;
Middle finger on second fret, fourth string;
Third finger on third fret, second string;
Pink on third fret, top string.
No idea what it’s called, probably a variation on G major, but it sounds enormous.

Em7, as used also in "Wish you were here".

Wonderwall

viz

koneguitarist said:

I use a chord, don’t know what it is, I call it the Bread chord. 

First finger 3 string 2nd fret, 
Third finger 4 string 4th fret
Fourth finger 5 string 4th fret
play all strings. 

Use it in Make it with you by Bread and also Peaceful easy feeling The Eagles. 

F#m7add4 (or is it add11) / E

It’s nice. 

Do you really play it with your pinky and ring fingers that way round?

koneguitarist

Ah, no, other way round I think

koneguitarist

Lovely chord to move between 2nd and 4th fret. 

Cranky

The Em9 upstroked from Pink Floyd's "Breathe"