Chords for Love Will Tear Us Apart Guitar Tutorial

Hi guys, thanks for tuning in.
So today we're going to have a look at Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division.
So to start with we're going to have a look at the introduction for the song and for the introduction for this [Gm] particular song
we're only going to be playing one chord.
We're just going to be playing the standard A [A] chord
[F] and there's not really much to teach about the song
but the most interesting part about it is the rhythm of how you play it and I'm going to [Gm] demonstrate it to you now.
It's going to sound like this.
[A] _ _
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_ _ _ _ [G] I'll do that one more [A] time.
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_ So to [E] start the riff off we're going to be at the second fret of the D string and that's going to be an E note.
We're going to play that twice. _ _ _
Also it's worth mentioning at this point those two [E] notes, you can give them a little lead up and that would sound like this. _ _
_ So I'd play the note an extra two times _ _
_ _ _ [G] before I actually get into the riff and that's just a little lead in sometimes I like to do when [E] I play the song live. _ _ _
From here [G] we're then going to go to the fourth fret of the D [Gb] string with our ring finger this time.
We're then going to [G] go up to the fifth fret _
_ then back to the fourth [Gb] fret. _ _ _
_ _ _ So far it sounds like this. _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ Then we're going to [Gm] hit the open D string, [D] _ _ let it ring out
[Ab] and then we're going to land on the second fret of [B] the A string.
_ [D] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [G] Then we're going to play that open D string [D] again
_ _ [Gb] and then we're going to let ring and let it ring out.
Then we're going to hit an open A string after [D] that. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] The riff sounds like this. _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] We're simply going to repeat that phrase twice.
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So now we're going to have a look at the main progression for the song
and this is simply going to be a four chord sequence.
It's going to sound like [Em] this. _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] Alright so let's talk about what I was doing there.
I'm starting on an [Em] E minor chord.
Just our standard E [G] minor with our index finger on the second fret of the A string
and our middle finger on the second fret of the [Em] D string.
_ Press the notes open. _ _
I'm then going to a D [D] chord and _ _ _ _ I'm doing that little riff. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] So what I'm doing here is I'm starting the D chord like we usually [D] do
_ [Gb] then I'm bringing in my pinky finger right [G] here to play the third fret of [D] the high E string.
_ _ _ _ [A] Then I'm taking it [D] off again.
_ _ [G] Then I'm taking off my middle finger at the second fret of the [D] E string. _ _ _
_ _ _ I'll play that a couple of times. _
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_ _ [Gm] From there I'm going to go [G] to a B minor bar chord.
_ Just the standard B minor bar chord, the second fret of [Bm] the A string.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] And I'm going to go to an [A] A chord.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ Slowly it's going to sound like [Em] this.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _
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You'll notice as well that when I'm playing that I'm doing interesting little rhythm parts
going from the B [E] minor to the A.
_ [G] And that's just personal [F] preference, you don't have to do that
but I choose [G] to play that rhythmically like that. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ So after [Ab] we come out of the third and final chorus
we're then going to play another instrumental section like we've played before.
We're simply going to be playing that A chord for four bars this time instead of eight.
And after we do that we're then going to jump to a D chord
and we're going to play that D chord over and over again
and that's going to count as our outro and that's all there is to the song.
_ [Gm] Okay guys, so this has been my tutorial on Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division.
I hope you've enjoyed it, thanks for tuning in and I'll see you next time. _ _ _ _