Chords for How To Play John Denver Annie's Song Introduction
Tempo:
73.2 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
B
Bb
Gb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
We're going to start with a pattern that's played not by John Denver but on the second guitar.
The second guitarist on the record plays this part but it's so exactly like the intro that
I want to try and have you guys play this too.
So this would be the intro [D] we would play.
And repeat that maybe four times.
You fill up my head.
[N] Now this is actually another way of playing D.
We have the first string at the fifth fret
and the third and second strings at the seventh fret.
That is a D [D] chord.
Many of you will know that already.
[N] And if we have out of that shape the little finger then come out one fret further to the
eighth [G] fret, we have the chord of Dsus4.
And the [Bb] introduction to Annie's song alternates between D and Dsus4.
[B] Normally you'd see that played D here and Dsus4 with the little [G] finger down on the first
string third fret, [N] right?
And later on in the song that's what we'll do.
But for the introduction this gets across exactly how that introduction sounds.
So we're going to pick this pattern for the introduction.
[D]
4, 3, 1, 2, 1, 3.
The song is in three beats to the bar so we're counting 1 and 2 and 3 and.
[Gb] Then have the little finger come [Eb] out one fret further to the eighth [B] fret while the other
two [F] stay where they are and [D] play the same pattern.
4, [G] 3, 1, 2, 1, 3.
[D] And alternate those two chords four times.
1, 2, 3, 4.
You [G] fill up my
And on that final
The second guitarist on the record plays this part but it's so exactly like the intro that
I want to try and have you guys play this too.
So this would be the intro [D] we would play.
And repeat that maybe four times.
You fill up my head.
[N] Now this is actually another way of playing D.
We have the first string at the fifth fret
and the third and second strings at the seventh fret.
That is a D [D] chord.
Many of you will know that already.
[N] And if we have out of that shape the little finger then come out one fret further to the
eighth [G] fret, we have the chord of Dsus4.
And the [Bb] introduction to Annie's song alternates between D and Dsus4.
[B] Normally you'd see that played D here and Dsus4 with the little [G] finger down on the first
string third fret, [N] right?
And later on in the song that's what we'll do.
But for the introduction this gets across exactly how that introduction sounds.
So we're going to pick this pattern for the introduction.
[D]
4, 3, 1, 2, 1, 3.
The song is in three beats to the bar so we're counting 1 and 2 and 3 and.
[Gb] Then have the little finger come [Eb] out one fret further to the eighth [B] fret while the other
two [F] stay where they are and [D] play the same pattern.
4, [G] 3, 1, 2, 1, 3.
[D] And alternate those two chords four times.
1, 2, 3, 4.
You [G] fill up my
And on that final
Key:
D
G
B
Bb
Gb
D
G
B
_ _ _ _ _ We're going to start with a pattern that's played not by John Denver but on the second guitar.
The second guitarist on the record plays this part but it's so exactly like the intro that
I want to try and have you guys play this too.
So this would be the intro [D] we would play. _ _ _ _ _
And repeat that maybe four times.
You fill up my head.
_ [N] Now this is actually another way of playing D.
We have the first string at the fifth fret
and the third and second strings at the seventh fret.
That is a D [D] chord.
Many of you will know that already.
[N] And if we have out of that shape the little finger then come out one fret further to the
eighth [G] fret, we have the chord of Dsus4.
And the [Bb] introduction to Annie's song alternates between D and Dsus4.
[B] Normally you'd see that played D here and Dsus4 with the little [G] finger down on the first
string third fret, [N] right?
And later on in the song that's what we'll do.
But for the introduction this gets across exactly how that introduction sounds.
So we're going to pick this pattern for the introduction.
[D] _
4, 3, 1, 2, 1, 3.
The song is in three beats to the bar so we're counting 1 and 2 and 3 and.
_ [Gb] Then have the little finger come [Eb] out one fret further to the eighth [B] fret while the other
two [F] stay where they are and [D] play the same pattern. _
4, [G] 3, 1, 2, 1, 3.
[D] And alternate those two chords four times.
1, _ 2, _ _ 3, _ 4.
You [G] fill up my_
And on that final
The second guitarist on the record plays this part but it's so exactly like the intro that
I want to try and have you guys play this too.
So this would be the intro [D] we would play. _ _ _ _ _
And repeat that maybe four times.
You fill up my head.
_ [N] Now this is actually another way of playing D.
We have the first string at the fifth fret
and the third and second strings at the seventh fret.
That is a D [D] chord.
Many of you will know that already.
[N] And if we have out of that shape the little finger then come out one fret further to the
eighth [G] fret, we have the chord of Dsus4.
And the [Bb] introduction to Annie's song alternates between D and Dsus4.
[B] Normally you'd see that played D here and Dsus4 with the little [G] finger down on the first
string third fret, [N] right?
And later on in the song that's what we'll do.
But for the introduction this gets across exactly how that introduction sounds.
So we're going to pick this pattern for the introduction.
[D] _
4, 3, 1, 2, 1, 3.
The song is in three beats to the bar so we're counting 1 and 2 and 3 and.
_ [Gb] Then have the little finger come [Eb] out one fret further to the eighth [B] fret while the other
two [F] stay where they are and [D] play the same pattern. _
4, [G] 3, 1, 2, 1, 3.
[D] And alternate those two chords four times.
1, _ 2, _ _ 3, _ 4.
You [G] fill up my_
And on that final