Chords for David Crosby - Triad Guitar lesson
Tempo:
102.9 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
F
G
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F#]
[E]
[F#m]
[C]
[F#m]
[C]
[Em] [E]
[D] [A] [E]
[A] [E]
Recognize that one?
Old spooky song [D] by David Crosby, [F] Triad.
Of course it showed up on, in 1970 he was playing it as part of the 4-Way Street Tour,
which was the 4-Way, we're going our separate ways.
So the, what was really the third Crosby, Sills, Nash & Young album, second if you count
Neil Young, and, but had all these great solos by then.
Crosby played this one and the Lee Shore, [Em]
[C] [F] great fingerpicking songs.
So the Triad actually was recorded earlier, a couple of years earlier, by the Jefferson
Airplane because they were of course buddies with David Crosby and a few of the members
were kind of considered co-writers on the tune.
So [A]
but as Crosby started playing it, it became a little bit more famous.
He [N] also, no he didn't do it on If I Could Only Remember My Name Now That I Think About
it, but he did keep it a staple of his concert tours for a long [G] time.
I want to talk just a little bit about the first couple of [Gm] chords because it's really interesting.
Crosby puts songs [N] together that have chord shapes that he doesn't even necessarily know
what they are, but they sound really cool.
So he opens up with an E minor [E] 9.
This chord is played with the 6th and the 1st string open, then [Gm] on the 5th string you
need to have your 2nd finger at [E] the 7th fret.
Most of the rest of the notes are at the 7th fret, so we have three notes at the 7th fret.
Your 2nd finger on the 5th [F] string, your 3rd finger on the 3rd string, and your little
finger on the 2nd string, [D#] with your 1st finger [G] reaching back playing [F] the 5th fret of the
D string, the [E] 4th string.
Minor 9th chord, E minor 9.
And as is typical of a lot of Crosby songs, he finds a chord he likes and he just moves it around.
He may have tried the song originally [D] like this, dropping [E] the chord a whole step, or
moving it up a whole step.
[E]
That's the one he chose.
So it opens up with just a very simple, [G]
gentle [C#m] strumming pattern on the E minor 9, [E] then
moving it up a whole step.
You could consider it the simplest way to [A#] think about it is now it's F sharp minor [E] 9,
but with E in the bass.
So some really interesting chords in triad.
[G] And I'm thinking about doing a complete lesson on this song and a lot of [N] other Crosby tunes.
So at Totally Guitars we have lots and lots of lessons by all these guys.
Neil Young, James Taylor, The Beatles.
And one of the coolest things is that the community tends to recommend songs they want
to learn and then other people vote on them.
And the more votes a song gets, the more likely we are to go to all themakema everything come together for that lesson to be available to you. And that'sand I love doing that, setting up lessons on these songs that I grew up with. So [E] if you'd like to see more on triad [F#m] and find out more about the F sharp [G] minor and C major 7 and the little licks and all that kind of stuff and the [A] harmonics, [E] I [D] almost should just do the lesson right here. But got [C#] too many other ones kind of in [G] the fire right now. But we also have other really neat things there at Totally Guitars. One [N] is that there's a very extensive forum where people are posting questions and answers and experiences all the time. [F] And a really, really interactive community where people are discussing various things. Some music related, some not. But if you'd like to see a lesson on triad or check out any of the other hundreds of lessons we already have, [C#] come over to [F] totallyguitars.com and check us out. I think you'll like what you see there. [E] [A] [B] [A] If you could [Em] read my mind, love, what a tale the thoughts could tell. [A] Just like an old time moving out of use from a wishing [A] well. In a castle dark or [D] a fortress [B] tall.
[E]
[F#m]
[C]
[F#m]
[C]
[Em] [E]
[D] [A] [E]
[A] [E]
Recognize that one?
Old spooky song [D] by David Crosby, [F] Triad.
Of course it showed up on, in 1970 he was playing it as part of the 4-Way Street Tour,
which was the 4-Way, we're going our separate ways.
So the, what was really the third Crosby, Sills, Nash & Young album, second if you count
Neil Young, and, but had all these great solos by then.
Crosby played this one and the Lee Shore, [Em]
[C] [F] great fingerpicking songs.
So the Triad actually was recorded earlier, a couple of years earlier, by the Jefferson
Airplane because they were of course buddies with David Crosby and a few of the members
were kind of considered co-writers on the tune.
So [A]
but as Crosby started playing it, it became a little bit more famous.
He [N] also, no he didn't do it on If I Could Only Remember My Name Now That I Think About
it, but he did keep it a staple of his concert tours for a long [G] time.
I want to talk just a little bit about the first couple of [Gm] chords because it's really interesting.
Crosby puts songs [N] together that have chord shapes that he doesn't even necessarily know
what they are, but they sound really cool.
So he opens up with an E minor [E] 9.
This chord is played with the 6th and the 1st string open, then [Gm] on the 5th string you
need to have your 2nd finger at [E] the 7th fret.
Most of the rest of the notes are at the 7th fret, so we have three notes at the 7th fret.
Your 2nd finger on the 5th [F] string, your 3rd finger on the 3rd string, and your little
finger on the 2nd string, [D#] with your 1st finger [G] reaching back playing [F] the 5th fret of the
D string, the [E] 4th string.
Minor 9th chord, E minor 9.
And as is typical of a lot of Crosby songs, he finds a chord he likes and he just moves it around.
He may have tried the song originally [D] like this, dropping [E] the chord a whole step, or
moving it up a whole step.
[E]
That's the one he chose.
So it opens up with just a very simple, [G]
gentle [C#m] strumming pattern on the E minor 9, [E] then
moving it up a whole step.
You could consider it the simplest way to [A#] think about it is now it's F sharp minor [E] 9,
but with E in the bass.
So some really interesting chords in triad.
[G] And I'm thinking about doing a complete lesson on this song and a lot of [N] other Crosby tunes.
So at Totally Guitars we have lots and lots of lessons by all these guys.
Neil Young, James Taylor, The Beatles.
And one of the coolest things is that the community tends to recommend songs they want
to learn and then other people vote on them.
And the more votes a song gets, the more likely we are to go to all themakema everything come together for that lesson to be available to you. And that'sand I love doing that, setting up lessons on these songs that I grew up with. So [E] if you'd like to see more on triad [F#m] and find out more about the F sharp [G] minor and C major 7 and the little licks and all that kind of stuff and the [A] harmonics, [E] I [D] almost should just do the lesson right here. But got [C#] too many other ones kind of in [G] the fire right now. But we also have other really neat things there at Totally Guitars. One [N] is that there's a very extensive forum where people are posting questions and answers and experiences all the time. [F] And a really, really interactive community where people are discussing various things. Some music related, some not. But if you'd like to see a lesson on triad or check out any of the other hundreds of lessons we already have, [C#] come over to [F] totallyguitars.com and check us out. I think you'll like what you see there. [E] [A] [B] [A] If you could [Em] read my mind, love, what a tale the thoughts could tell. [A] Just like an old time moving out of use from a wishing [A] well. In a castle dark or [D] a fortress [B] tall.
Key:
E
A
F
G
D
E
A
F
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ Recognize that one?
_ _ Old spooky song [D] by David Crosby, [F] Triad.
Of course it showed up on, in 1970 he was playing it as part of the 4-Way Street Tour,
which was the 4-Way, we're going our separate ways.
So the, what was really the third Crosby, Sills, Nash & Young album, second if you count
Neil Young, and, but had all these great solos by then.
Crosby played this one and the Lee Shore, [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] great fingerpicking songs.
So the Triad actually was recorded earlier, a couple of years earlier, by the Jefferson
Airplane because they were of course buddies with David Crosby and a few of the members
were kind of considered co-writers on the tune.
So [A]
but as Crosby started playing it, it became a little bit more famous.
He [N] also, no he didn't do it on If I Could Only Remember My Name Now That I Think About
it, but he did keep it a staple of his concert tours for a long [G] time.
I want to talk just a little bit about the first couple of [Gm] chords because it's really interesting.
Crosby puts songs [N] together that have chord shapes that he doesn't even necessarily know
what they are, but they sound really cool.
So he opens up with an E minor [E] 9.
This chord is played with the 6th and the 1st string open, then [Gm] on the 5th string you
need to have your 2nd finger at [E] the 7th fret.
Most of the rest of the notes are at the 7th fret, so we have three notes at the 7th fret.
Your 2nd finger on the 5th [F] string, your 3rd finger on the 3rd string, and your little
finger on the 2nd string, [D#] with your 1st finger [G] reaching back playing [F] the 5th fret of the
D string, the [E] 4th string.
_ Minor 9th chord, E minor 9.
And as is typical of a lot of Crosby songs, he finds a chord he likes and he just moves it around.
He may have tried the song originally [D] like this, _ _ dropping [E] the chord a whole step, or
moving it up a whole step.
[E] _
That's the one he chose.
So it opens up with just a very simple, [G]
gentle [C#m] strumming pattern on the E minor 9, [E] then
moving it up a whole step.
You could consider it the simplest way to [A#] think about it is now it's F sharp minor [E] 9,
but with E in the bass.
_ _ _ So some really interesting chords in triad.
[G] And I'm thinking about doing a complete lesson on this song and a lot of [N] other Crosby tunes.
So at Totally Guitars we have lots and lots of lessons by all these guys.
Neil Young, James Taylor, The Beatles.
And one of the coolest things is that the community _ tends to recommend songs they want
to learn and then other people vote on them.
And the more votes a song gets, the more likely we are to go to all _ _ the_make_ma everything come together for that lesson to be available to you. And that's_and I love doing that, setting up lessons on these songs that I grew up with. So [E] if you'd like to see more on triad [F#m] and find out more about the F sharp [G] minor and C major 7 and the little licks and all that kind of stuff and the [A] harmonics, _ _ _ [E] I [D] almost should just do the lesson right here. But got [C#] too many other ones kind of in [G] the fire right now. But we also have other really neat things there at Totally Guitars. One [N] is that there's a very extensive forum where people are posting questions and answers and experiences all the time. [F] And a really, really interactive community where people are discussing various things. Some music related, some not. But if you'd like to see a lesson on triad or check out any of the other hundreds of lessons we already have, [C#] come over to [F] totallyguitars.com and check us out. I think you'll like what you see there. [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ If you could [Em] read my mind, love, what a tale the thoughts could tell. [A] Just like an old time moving out of use from a wishing [A] well. In a castle dark or [D] a fortress [B] tall.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ Recognize that one?
_ _ Old spooky song [D] by David Crosby, [F] Triad.
Of course it showed up on, in 1970 he was playing it as part of the 4-Way Street Tour,
which was the 4-Way, we're going our separate ways.
So the, what was really the third Crosby, Sills, Nash & Young album, second if you count
Neil Young, and, but had all these great solos by then.
Crosby played this one and the Lee Shore, [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] great fingerpicking songs.
So the Triad actually was recorded earlier, a couple of years earlier, by the Jefferson
Airplane because they were of course buddies with David Crosby and a few of the members
were kind of considered co-writers on the tune.
So [A]
but as Crosby started playing it, it became a little bit more famous.
He [N] also, no he didn't do it on If I Could Only Remember My Name Now That I Think About
it, but he did keep it a staple of his concert tours for a long [G] time.
I want to talk just a little bit about the first couple of [Gm] chords because it's really interesting.
Crosby puts songs [N] together that have chord shapes that he doesn't even necessarily know
what they are, but they sound really cool.
So he opens up with an E minor [E] 9.
This chord is played with the 6th and the 1st string open, then [Gm] on the 5th string you
need to have your 2nd finger at [E] the 7th fret.
Most of the rest of the notes are at the 7th fret, so we have three notes at the 7th fret.
Your 2nd finger on the 5th [F] string, your 3rd finger on the 3rd string, and your little
finger on the 2nd string, [D#] with your 1st finger [G] reaching back playing [F] the 5th fret of the
D string, the [E] 4th string.
_ Minor 9th chord, E minor 9.
And as is typical of a lot of Crosby songs, he finds a chord he likes and he just moves it around.
He may have tried the song originally [D] like this, _ _ dropping [E] the chord a whole step, or
moving it up a whole step.
[E] _
That's the one he chose.
So it opens up with just a very simple, [G]
gentle [C#m] strumming pattern on the E minor 9, [E] then
moving it up a whole step.
You could consider it the simplest way to [A#] think about it is now it's F sharp minor [E] 9,
but with E in the bass.
_ _ _ So some really interesting chords in triad.
[G] And I'm thinking about doing a complete lesson on this song and a lot of [N] other Crosby tunes.
So at Totally Guitars we have lots and lots of lessons by all these guys.
Neil Young, James Taylor, The Beatles.
And one of the coolest things is that the community _ tends to recommend songs they want
to learn and then other people vote on them.
And the more votes a song gets, the more likely we are to go to all _ _ the_make_ma everything come together for that lesson to be available to you. And that's_and I love doing that, setting up lessons on these songs that I grew up with. So [E] if you'd like to see more on triad [F#m] and find out more about the F sharp [G] minor and C major 7 and the little licks and all that kind of stuff and the [A] harmonics, _ _ _ [E] I [D] almost should just do the lesson right here. But got [C#] too many other ones kind of in [G] the fire right now. But we also have other really neat things there at Totally Guitars. One [N] is that there's a very extensive forum where people are posting questions and answers and experiences all the time. [F] And a really, really interactive community where people are discussing various things. Some music related, some not. But if you'd like to see a lesson on triad or check out any of the other hundreds of lessons we already have, [C#] come over to [F] totallyguitars.com and check us out. I think you'll like what you see there. [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ If you could [Em] read my mind, love, what a tale the thoughts could tell. [A] Just like an old time moving out of use from a wishing [A] well. In a castle dark or [D] a fortress [B] tall.