Power Chords

Power Chords

Power chords are the basis of punk music. You should try to learn as many of these as you can.

C    C# D D# E B Eii    F F# G G# A A#
E----------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------
G---5---6--7--8--2-4-9---------------------------------------
D---5---6--7--8--0-4-9---3--4-5-6--7-8---------------------
A---3---4--5--6--0-2-7---3--4-5-6--7-8---------------------
E---------------------------1--2-3-4--5-6------------------------

Finger Position

When I first started playing punk rock I was confused about the positioning of power chords. I’m Going to use C chord for my example.

C
E-------
B-------
G---5---
D---5---
A---3---
E--------

First we must bar the 3rd fret for the 5th string to the bottom. The you use your 3rd finger and pinky on fret 5, like this:

Now you’ve learnt power chords, let’s play a song using them.

She hates me – Puddle of Mud

e-------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------
G-----------3-3-3-------------5--5-5-5-
D--3-3-3---3-3-3---5-5-5----5--5-5-5-
A--3-3-3---1-1-1---5-5-5----3--3-3-3-
E--1-1-1-------------3-3-3--------------

Target Time: 5 secs

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