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Find The Chords To Any Song On Guitar In 3 Steps (Without Tabs or Sheet Music)

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Andrew Clarke

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Have you ever seen those musicians that can just listen to a song once and figure the whole thing out? Being able to figure out the chords of a song by ear is a skill many new guitarists think is reserved for geniuses and prodigies — but it’s actually really easy! In this lesson, I want to show you a 3-step system that will have you finding the chords to just about any popular song without the help of tabs or sheet music.

We’ll start by going over two important music theory concepts — you can watch the full videos for those here:

Finding The Notes On The Guitar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KwMsuTKGkk
Understanding The Major Scale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wE8nzruMWM

Once you’ve got that down, we’ll get into the 3-step system. The first step involves finding the key of the song using a moveable major scale shape. Step two will have you placing a chord roadmap so you know which guitar chords occur in the key of the song. Finally, in step three, you’ll listen to the song and pick out the correct chords from your roadmap.
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Chapters:
0:00 – Intro
0:34 – Prerequisite #1: Finding the note names
2:00 – Prerequisite #2: The major scale
3:13 – The Major/Minor Formula
4:55 – The moveable roadmap (same shapes in any key)
8:31 – Step 1 – Identify The Key
9:20 – A quick example
11:01 – Step 2 – Apply The Roadmap
11:34 – Step 3 – Listen & Locate
11:53 – 3-Step System Summary
12:07 – Song Example #1
13:25 – Song Example #2
15:26 – Why can pros do it so fast?
15:43 – Song Example #3
17:16 – Songs with multiple chord progressions
17:47 – Non-diatonic chords
18:14 – Why playing by ear is so important
18:58 – Outro
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47 thoughts on “Find The Chords To Any Song On Guitar In 3 Steps (Without Tabs or Sheet Music)”

  6. Thank You soo much for this lesson. I used to think theory was so boring and I didn't really like practicing scales but this lesson absolutely changed the concept. Also all of my ambiguities are cleared now.👍

  8. Thanks so much for this video. I've played guitar on and off for the best part of 34 years and have just randomly played chords against songs to try to find them (mostly not successfully!). This video has completely demystified the way songs are written! It makes complete sense now! Thank you!

  14. Would you be able to apply this method to say like a Bayside or Rise Against song? This is a great video but I'm curious if this would work for a more upbeat faster paced song?

  19. I can follow most of what you are explaining but how does the E in Freight Train (E. Cotton) or the E in Panama Red (Peter Rowan) fit in the key of C? Using your formula, they would be minor chords. Am I missing something?

  25. This is great, thank you!
    Does anybody have some recommendations for music in major key that is easy to figure out so we can practice this?
    I had some success with Bob Dylan, but struggle when songs have more complex structure or are in minor key.

  26. Played for 20 years and never got this explained. This is pure magic and as you said, uplevels well beyond tabs. I followed the three steps and was already able to figure out a few songs within minutes (not all though). We did California by One Republic the other day and my wife was impressed. Thanks a bunch!!

  39. So this was already very helpful but I have a question or two.

    What if the scales used in a song are not 'western' and use something other than major/minor scales?

    Also it would be very appreciated if you could show more examples from a wide selection of songs/genres from "easy to harder". i e. U2–With or Without You is level 1 whereas other songs with lots of arpeggios and subtle chord changes are level X–Z

  42. Been playing for years. But always checked somewhere else to find the chords. This is sooo helpful. And youve explained it so well. Easy to understand and apply. Thank you so much.

  43. Been playing for years. But always checked somewhere else to find the chords. This is sooo helpful. And youve explained it so well. Easy to understand and apply. Thank you so much.

  45. I've been playing for 35 years and this is probably the best video and explanation I've heard of how the scales and chords work together. I wish I had learned this when I began playing! Excellent job.

  47. I have a question Sir, what if the song is based on a Minor key, you in step 1 directed to play Major scale starting on G string, what about Minor key?

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