Chords for If I Had $1000000 - Barenaked Ladies guitar lesson
Tempo:
158.5 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
B
D
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Alright, somebody requested that I do Million Dollars a little [F] slower and [G#] show that off
a little, especially [G] the hot guitar lick, [E] so I guess I'll do that [F#] right now.
The beginning of the song starts off with a run on the low E strings.
[A] [F] Basically down up down up, [F#] it's straight.
[A]
[Em] [A]
[E]
[A]
[C#] [A]
[A#m] Basically it's just hammer on the [C#] A string with a pull off, [F#] [G] sorry on the B string.
[C#] [A]
[B] G [C#] and D strings on the second fret.
[F#m]
[A]
[E] [D] [A]
[E] [D] [A]
[C#] [A]
[Em] [B] [A]
[Em] [F#m]
[E]
[Em] [E] [A]
[Em] [F#m]
[A]
[G] Basically, it's nothing that [F] fancy in the song, it's all about getting the rhythm in
the right hand, and that takes a lot of time and the best way I suggest you do that is
to play along with the album.
It really helps you get the rhythm, but it's a tricky one.
[B] You'd think it's really easy because it's only about three chords, the E minor and [F] the
[G] chorus, but it's actually one of the hardest ones [C] to get the rhythm down.
The whole department is a lot easier because the rhythm is a lot more simple.
[A] It's just [Em] [E]
[A]
[E] [A]
[F] hammer on the A string [E]
and on the E string, pull off.
[B]
[C] The bass goes from C to D to C to G over [F#] there, [B] relative to the capo [D] obviously.
[A] [F#]
[A] [E]
[A]
[B]
[A] [D]
[E] [F] So it's A, B, [E] D.
[A]
[D] [F] And then that, [G] [E] after the D,
[A] [F#] you basically drop off [Fm] everything, and then you have, [E] this
is what he used to do, he doesn't do [B] this anymore, but you drop off.
[D] Basically put your [C#] finger down on the [F#] A string, second fret.
[B]
First thing, you got nothing.
[A]
[D] Then you got your open C.
[A] [D]
[E] [F] Nowadays what he does is instead of that, you get from your [E] D,
[B]
[F] just a walk up while
you keep your C [B] add 9 chord.
[E] [D]
I'll show you that a little closer.
[A]
[A#] [E]
Old way, [A]
[D] [E]
new ways.
[F#m] [A] [E]
[A] [G#]
[D#] So that's [F#] a change he's made fairly recently in the last few years, but [F] the end of the
song is pretty much the same as the other choruses, but you have a little [B] bit more run.
[E] [A]
[B]
[E] [A]
[D]
[B] [A]
I don't remember [F] if they do that on the album, but [Cm] that's pretty much how they do it live.
You have just a run up [A] of G, run up of [D] C, and then you got [F#] a hammer.
[A] [B]
[F#m] [E] [B]
[A] It's kind of based on the hot guitar lick there, you have [D] the
[F#m] same hammer there.
[E] [A]
You just go one more string down and then you end on the G.
[B] [A] [F]
a little, especially [G] the hot guitar lick, [E] so I guess I'll do that [F#] right now.
The beginning of the song starts off with a run on the low E strings.
[A] [F] Basically down up down up, [F#] it's straight.
[A]
[Em] [A]
[E]
[A]
[C#] [A]
[A#m] Basically it's just hammer on the [C#] A string with a pull off, [F#] [G] sorry on the B string.
[C#] [A]
[B] G [C#] and D strings on the second fret.
[F#m]
[A]
[E] [D] [A]
[E] [D] [A]
[C#] [A]
[Em] [B] [A]
[Em] [F#m]
[E]
[Em] [E] [A]
[Em] [F#m]
[A]
[G] Basically, it's nothing that [F] fancy in the song, it's all about getting the rhythm in
the right hand, and that takes a lot of time and the best way I suggest you do that is
to play along with the album.
It really helps you get the rhythm, but it's a tricky one.
[B] You'd think it's really easy because it's only about three chords, the E minor and [F] the
[G] chorus, but it's actually one of the hardest ones [C] to get the rhythm down.
The whole department is a lot easier because the rhythm is a lot more simple.
[A] It's just [Em] [E]
[A]
[E] [A]
[F] hammer on the A string [E]
and on the E string, pull off.
[B]
[C] The bass goes from C to D to C to G over [F#] there, [B] relative to the capo [D] obviously.
[A] [F#]
[A] [E]
[A]
[B]
[A] [D]
[E] [F] So it's A, B, [E] D.
[A]
[D] [F] And then that, [G] [E] after the D,
[A] [F#] you basically drop off [Fm] everything, and then you have, [E] this
is what he used to do, he doesn't do [B] this anymore, but you drop off.
[D] Basically put your [C#] finger down on the [F#] A string, second fret.
[B]
First thing, you got nothing.
[A]
[D] Then you got your open C.
[A] [D]
[E] [F] Nowadays what he does is instead of that, you get from your [E] D,
[B]
[F] just a walk up while
you keep your C [B] add 9 chord.
[E] [D]
I'll show you that a little closer.
[A]
[A#] [E]
Old way, [A]
[D] [E]
new ways.
[F#m] [A] [E]
[A] [G#]
[D#] So that's [F#] a change he's made fairly recently in the last few years, but [F] the end of the
song is pretty much the same as the other choruses, but you have a little [B] bit more run.
[E] [A]
[B]
[E] [A]
[D]
[B] [A]
I don't remember [F] if they do that on the album, but [Cm] that's pretty much how they do it live.
You have just a run up [A] of G, run up of [D] C, and then you got [F#] a hammer.
[A] [B]
[F#m] [E] [B]
[A] It's kind of based on the hot guitar lick there, you have [D] the
[F#m] same hammer there.
[E] [A]
You just go one more string down and then you end on the G.
[B] [A] [F]
Key:
A
E
B
D
F
A
E
B
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Alright, somebody requested that I do Million Dollars a little [F] slower and _ [G#] show that off
a little, especially [G] the hot guitar lick, [E] so I guess I'll do that [F#] right now. _
_ _ The beginning of the song starts off with a run on the low E strings. _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F] Basically down up down up, [F#] it's straight. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A#m] _ Basically it's just hammer on the [C#] A string with a pull off, _ _ [F#] _ _ [G] sorry on the B string.
[C#] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ G [C#] and D strings on the second fret.
_ _ [F#m] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [C#] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ Basically, it's nothing that [F] fancy in the song, it's all about getting the rhythm in
the right hand, and that takes a lot of time and the best way I suggest you do that is
to play along with the album.
It really helps you get the rhythm, but it's a tricky one.
[B] _ You'd think it's really easy because it's only about three chords, the E minor and [F] the
_ [G] chorus, but it's actually one of the hardest ones [C] to get the rhythm down.
The whole department is a lot easier because the rhythm is a lot more simple.
[A] It's just _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] hammer on the A string [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ and on the E string, pull off. _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] The bass goes from C to D to C to G over [F#] there, [B] relative to the capo [D] obviously.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [F] So it's A, B, [E] D. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [F] _ And then that, [G] _ [E] after the D, _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [F#] you basically drop off [Fm] everything, _ and then you have, [E] this
is what he used to do, he doesn't do [B] this anymore, but you drop off. _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ Basically put your [C#] finger down on the [F#] _ _ A string, second fret.
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
First thing, you got nothing.
_ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ Then you got your open C.
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] Nowadays what he does is instead of that, you get from your [E] D, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [F] just a walk up while
you keep your C [B] add 9 chord.
[E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ I'll show you that a little closer.
_ [A] _
_ _ [A#] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Old way, [A] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ new ways. _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ _ So that's [F#] a change he's made fairly recently in the last few years, but _ _ [F] the end of the
song is pretty much the same as the other choruses, but you have a little [B] bit more run.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I don't remember [F] if they do that on the album, but [Cm] that's pretty much how they do it live.
You have just a run up [A] of G, _ _ _ _ run up of [D] C, _ _ _ _ and then you got [F#] a hammer.
_ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _
[A] _ _ _ _ It's kind of based on the hot guitar lick there, you have _ [D] the _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] same hammer there.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
You just go one more string down and then you end on the G.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Alright, somebody requested that I do Million Dollars a little [F] slower and _ [G#] show that off
a little, especially [G] the hot guitar lick, [E] so I guess I'll do that [F#] right now. _
_ _ The beginning of the song starts off with a run on the low E strings. _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F] Basically down up down up, [F#] it's straight. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A#m] _ Basically it's just hammer on the [C#] A string with a pull off, _ _ [F#] _ _ [G] sorry on the B string.
[C#] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ G [C#] and D strings on the second fret.
_ _ [F#m] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [C#] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ Basically, it's nothing that [F] fancy in the song, it's all about getting the rhythm in
the right hand, and that takes a lot of time and the best way I suggest you do that is
to play along with the album.
It really helps you get the rhythm, but it's a tricky one.
[B] _ You'd think it's really easy because it's only about three chords, the E minor and [F] the
_ [G] chorus, but it's actually one of the hardest ones [C] to get the rhythm down.
The whole department is a lot easier because the rhythm is a lot more simple.
[A] It's just _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] hammer on the A string [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ and on the E string, pull off. _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] The bass goes from C to D to C to G over [F#] there, [B] relative to the capo [D] obviously.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [F] So it's A, B, [E] D. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [F] _ And then that, [G] _ [E] after the D, _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [F#] you basically drop off [Fm] everything, _ and then you have, [E] this
is what he used to do, he doesn't do [B] this anymore, but you drop off. _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ Basically put your [C#] finger down on the [F#] _ _ A string, second fret.
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
First thing, you got nothing.
_ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ Then you got your open C.
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] Nowadays what he does is instead of that, you get from your [E] D, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [F] just a walk up while
you keep your C [B] add 9 chord.
[E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ I'll show you that a little closer.
_ [A] _
_ _ [A#] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Old way, [A] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ new ways. _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ _ So that's [F#] a change he's made fairly recently in the last few years, but _ _ [F] the end of the
song is pretty much the same as the other choruses, but you have a little [B] bit more run.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I don't remember [F] if they do that on the album, but [Cm] that's pretty much how they do it live.
You have just a run up [A] of G, _ _ _ _ run up of [D] C, _ _ _ _ and then you got [F#] a hammer.
_ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _
[A] _ _ _ _ It's kind of based on the hot guitar lick there, you have _ [D] the _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] same hammer there.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
You just go one more string down and then you end on the G.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _