Chords for Before He Cheats - Guitar Lesson

_ _ [G#] _ Hi, today we're going to do Carrie Underwood's Before He [E] Cheats.
[D] _ [F#m] Key is F sharp minor.
You'll be playing a sharp pentatonic minor for your lead fiddles, a very short lead.
You won't need a capo.
You might see it used sometimes
for open voicings, open chord voicings.
You actually have [N] some with playing in F sharp minor.
And also some bar chords.
They're not that difficult.
You don't really need to take the time to throw the capo on.
I'll show you how it's done.
_ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [C#] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[G#] The intro line is right out of F sharp pentatonic [F#] minor.
Right up to scale on the fourth, third, and second strings.
You're starting on the upbeat of the pickup measure.
That's one, two, three, four_
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
And it ends on a note not in the pentatonic scale, but you're ending on that F note because the band is on a D flat chord.
It's the third of the chord.
Or on a tone.
For the chords, [F#] when the _ _ verse starts here, [F#m] it's going to be F sharp minor, [D] E, [B] D, [F#m] E, F sharp [B] minor, E, G.
[C#]
D flat.
And you're going to [F#m] repeat that.
[E] This is going to be F sharp minor, [D] E, G, [G#] G [F#] flat.
We're going to go to a G.
_ [C#] And a D flat again.
We'll [F#m] stop there.
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _ [C#] _ _
[B] Here's that B.
_ _ [C#] _ We're closing the next section now.
[D] D.
F sharp [F#] minor.
Back and [D] forth.
_ [F#] Third [D] time.
_ [F#] D [C#] flat. _ _ _
[D] D again.
[F#] F sharp.
[D] One more [F#] time. _
[D] D.
D [C#] flat.
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [F] _ _ [F#m] _ [A] Okay, so I think you caught all that.
[C#m] When we did it the last time [D] through, from the D to the F sharp minor, then G, [C#] G flat, short pause, [F#m] to the F sharp minor chord, and the second half of that intro line.
_ [E] _ _ [F] _
And now the second verse starts, same as the first.
_ [E] _ _
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
[D] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[D] _ _ [C#] Down to the B.
[B] _ _ D flat.
[C#] _ And D to the F sharp.
[D] _ _ [F#] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ F [C#] flat.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ E flat.
[C#] _ _
[F#] _ [C#] _ _ _ [A] _ [N] Okay, and then you don't do that intro [C#] like that.
You just do a measure of the short line to end it.
Now we're going into another section, a little bridge [A] section.
It's just going to be A, [B] _ _ _ [D] D, excuse me.
[B] Down to the B.
_ [C#] _ D flat, pause.
Here it comes, [E] on the A.
_ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [B] You can get it going off.
A little touch [C#] of point. _ _
[A] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#m] And this time, F sharp minor, we end in the second verse [A] now.
A.
[B] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ D flat, pause. _ _
[F#m] And a [E] little interlude here.
[D] [B] I'll show you how to cover this. _
[F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [C#] _ _
[N] Okay, they're using bass guitar, fiddle, everything they got to give a little instrumental interlude there.
You can cover it this way.
[F#m] Excuse me. _ _
[E] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[G#m] _ [D] _ _ [C#] _ [A#] So you're using the F sharp [F#m] chord, and the first string, [E] sliding to the first fret, and open.
[F#m] _ _ _
[D] D, D, [B] D.
[F#m] F sharp again.
And then you go up to the third [B] mode of F sharp pentatonic minor, right here.
Starting on [C#m] B. _ _
[B] There's your note to start your lead, [F#m] a little line, _ [A] _ into the [E] fourth mode.
So again, [D] and then it just gets on D [C#m] to D flat.
So, [F#m] again.
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _
[F#m] _ [B] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C#] _
And now into the chorus.
[F#m] _ [D] D and F sharp back and [F#] forth. _
[D] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] D flat, _
[D] _ _ [F#] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#] _ _
[D] _ _ [C#] D flat, [B] to B, _ _
[D] D, [C#] D flat, hold it.
[F#] Play the intro chorus.
_ [E] D, [B] D, _ [F#] _ _
[B] _ _ [D] _ _ [C#] _ _ D flat, that's it.
[B] Any questions on the chords, voicings, scale patterns, lead fill-in?