Chords for How to play Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken (Lloyd Cole)
Tempo:
138.1 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
C
E
Gb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[G]
[D]
[C] [D]
[C] [G]
So that's how I think you play a really new heartbroken in open G tuning.
I [N] always thought it was played like that.
this morning on the Lloyd Cole bulletin board, from Lloyd Cole I think,
it was written and played in standard tuning.
[D]
[C] [D]
[C] [G]
So that's how I think you play a really new heartbroken in open G tuning.
I [N] always thought it was played like that.
this morning on the Lloyd Cole bulletin board, from Lloyd Cole I think,
it was written and played in standard tuning.
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D
G
C
E
Gb
D
G
C
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ So that's how I think you play a really new heartbroken in open G tuning. _
_ _ _ I [N] always thought it was played like that.
I was very surprised to read this morning on the Lloyd Cole _ bulletin board, from Lloyd Cole I think,
that originally it was written and played in standard tuning.
I just couldn't believe it.
But I checked out some live videos of the commotions and sure enough it does appear to be fingered in standard.
_ What's so peculiar is that it's very hard to play in standard tuning.
_ _ As in fact I think that someone pointed [Gb] out,
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] it's _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
easy to play in open, very very very difficult to play in standard tuning.
Well, I mean not very very difficult but quite difficult.
_ Plus, _ _ _ [D]
on the Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken bit of the song where it's kind of going_
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ That chord [G] there, _ _ _ it just seems so natural.
You can do this again in open D tuning which I believe Lloyd Cole plays in quite a lot and writes in quite a lot.
He just capoed and then fingering capoed the same things on the bottom five strings.
And just in case any of you didn't catch it, let me do it again slowly. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Eb] And there's a run which [Ab] [D] is a little tricky but you just have to _ _ get_
And then you do [G] a slide. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [B] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Easy, _ _ [N] that's how you do it.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ So that's how I think you play a really new heartbroken in open G tuning. _
_ _ _ I [N] always thought it was played like that.
I was very surprised to read this morning on the Lloyd Cole _ bulletin board, from Lloyd Cole I think,
that originally it was written and played in standard tuning.
I just couldn't believe it.
But I checked out some live videos of the commotions and sure enough it does appear to be fingered in standard.
_ What's so peculiar is that it's very hard to play in standard tuning.
_ _ As in fact I think that someone pointed [Gb] out,
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] it's _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
easy to play in open, very very very difficult to play in standard tuning.
Well, I mean not very very difficult but quite difficult.
_ Plus, _ _ _ [D]
on the Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken bit of the song where it's kind of going_
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ That chord [G] there, _ _ _ it just seems so natural.
You can do this again in open D tuning which I believe Lloyd Cole plays in quite a lot and writes in quite a lot.
He just capoed and then fingering capoed the same things on the bottom five strings.
And just in case any of you didn't catch it, let me do it again slowly. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Eb] And there's a run which [Ab] [D] is a little tricky but you just have to _ _ get_
And then you do [G] a slide. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [B] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Easy, _ _ [N] that's how you do it.