One of many instances of the "slide a chord 2 frets up, pick the strings in a random arpeggio pattern and see what happens" trick. The main riff is Em7no3rd / G Aadd4, but with a capo on fret 2 so it sounds as F#m7no3rd A Badd4. Ignoring the capo, this week's chord is
Aadd4: 540xxx
played as an arpeggio picking the strings in the order 5 4 5 6. This gives the notes C# x4xxxx (the 3rd), D xx0xxx (the 4th), C# x4xxxx again, and A 5xxxxx (the Root). The cool-factor comes from having the C# at fret 4 on the 5th string ring out against the open D 4th string a semitone away.
Like I said at the start, this trick works well with other open chords. Try sliding the following chords 2 frets up & creating an arpeggio picking pattern to bring out the clashes with open strings and a fretted note just below -
E: 022100
C: x32010
Am7: x02010
Fmaj9: 1x201x
You can hear the chord (remember there's a capo!) at 0:04 in this video
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