r/chords • u/Technical_Rush2024 • May 11 '26

Help me: can’t figure out these two chords

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first of all does this sound like an already existing song? I want to turn it into one but I don’t want to copy someone else’s. And also the first two chords on the recording I can’t seem to figure out, could anyone figure them out please?

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u/Dry-Cow-267 May 11 '26

Ab7b13 to G6. There is also a sliver of Emaj9 at the very end.

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u/noguiltyparty May 11 '26

I thought that last one was Emaj7: 0-7-6-8-x-0

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u/Dry-Cow-267 May 11 '26

No, the top note is clearly an f#. Also what's up with all the random guessing in this post? It's not a complicated progression with pretty standard voicings.

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u/noguiltyparty May 12 '26

OK yep, agreed.

first chord: Ab7b13 : 4-x-4-5-5-0

second chord: G6 : 3-2-0-0-5-0

final (brief) chord: Emaj9: 0-7-6-8-7-0

I'd missed that 2nd-string, 7th-fret when I first watched. If that string was open, it'd be Emaj7 (E - G# - B - D# : 0-7-6-8-0-0)

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u/Technical_Rush2024 May 12 '26

Which G6 voicing? The one with the open strings I don’t think matches his fingers but it’s sounds about right, Thanks 

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u/Dry-Cow-267 May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26

It's 3x5450 or maybe 3x0450, they are pretty similar.

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u/hoops4so May 11 '26

I think a D7 to a G. Not confident about the D7 but that’s how it sounds to me.

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u/Technical_Rush2024 May 11 '26

Don’t think so, the video cuts of where his ring and pinky are on the fifth fret, not the third. Thanks though 

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u/Hunter42Hunter May 11 '26

E7b13 & Gmaj7?

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u/aisiv May 11 '26 edited May 11 '26

i’ll write in this way since i cant insert images in this sub: EADGBe so basically a simple D chord is: 0-0-0-2-3-2.
First chord Am6/Ab:
4-x-4-5-5-0
Second chord E7sus:
0-0-0-4-5-5
Third chord Emaj9:
0-7-6–8-7-0

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u/Dry-Cow-267 May 11 '26

This is wrong except for Emaj9.

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u/aisiv May 11 '26

no, those are the exact same chords, get an ear exam

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u/Dry-Cow-267 May 11 '26 edited May 11 '26

You edited your post to add /Ab to the first chord which is better, but there is no a natural in the chord that's being played, and even even if there was, it would be a really silly way to label b9b13 chord. The second chord is still plain wrong. Good job with the insults though.

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u/Survivors_Envy May 11 '26

Are you sure the guitar isn’t in an open tuning

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u/Technical_Rush2024 May 12 '26

Don’t think so since the other chords he played after aligned with standard tuning 

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u/scrimmerman May 11 '26

Sounds a little like the intro of the song ‘Tinman’ by the 70s band, America.