Chords for Politician - Cream

Tempo:
79.775 bpm
Chords used:

D

C#

A

F

E

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Politician - Cream chords
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Hey y'all, I figured as long as we have the 335 out, we'll run through some Cream.
Pretty simple riff.
So I'll go through just a little bit of the song.
[C#]
[D] [Am]
[C#] [D] [A] [Dm] [F#]
[D] [Am] [G#]
[D] [A] [D] [Dm]
[A] [F#m] [F#m] [G]
[C#] [F#m] [C#] [Dm]
[C#] [Bm] [Am] [F]
[A] [D] [G#] [Dm]
[Cm] [F#m] [Am] [D]
[F#] [D] [Fm] [C#m] [C] [F]
[A] [Em] [F#m] [A] [G]
[C#] [F] [D] [G#] [C#] [A] Okay, [Dm]
[N] that's enough of that.
To get the idea, it's really that over and over again.
[E] [F#]
[E] It's in D, at least this version is, and I played another one.
This one is from the live Cream volume 2, right [C#] around 7 D [A] or something.
[A#] Somewhere in there.
[N] But this one's in D.
I think some of them are tuned just a little bit down, maybe a
half step or somewhere in the cracks.
But it's in D, wherever you're tuned.
So the main riff is [Dm] just this.
[F#] [D] [G#]
[C#] [D] So [C#] that's C sharp to D.
[D]
[F] [F#] F, F sharp.
[D] So A [C#] string, 4-5.
[D] [F] D string, 3 [F#]-4.
[D] Back [Cm] to 4 [D]-5.
[G#] Same thing except now you're on the low E string, 4-5.
[F] [F] [F#] [D]
[G#] [D] You can just do, if [N] you want, minor pentatonic, D minor pentatonic, [F] 4's in the 4.
[N] And that's right in your minor [E] pentatonic [D] box.
[E] It's at the front.
And that's really all, except [A] when it gets down [F#m] to
[F#m] [C#] [G] [F] [Em] [B] That's [F#] A6, [Em] [F#m] [E] slid down to G and then [G] back up to A, and then G6.
[Dm] [Em] [G] [E] G6 [F] slid down to [G] F6 [Em] and then back.
So that's just a [A] regular bar in A.
And instead of making it a 7, now you're making it a 6.
[E] So your regular A and then the B string in the same fret as the D string.
[A] So in the [A#] 7th fret you've [A] got the
[G] [Em] [Dm]
[Em] [C#] [A#] [Am]
[F] [C#] [A]
[F] [D]
[E] That's really all there is to it.
It goes on for an [D] hour or so with the guitar [F] solo and [B] stuff.
But that's really [C#] the
[D] I swear I heard a BBC one that they did, [G] I think fairly early on.
And the [C#] riff instead of going
[G] [C#]
[D] They did them all in the same
[C#] [G#] [A]
[G#] Which has a whole different
[C#] This one's bad.
[C#] [D] [E] And of course the lyrics, [N] even though they're 47 years old, or maybe more,
are of course very relevant to today.
[A#] But anyway, if you have any trouble with it, let me [C#] know, but I don't think you
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F
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E
2311
D
1321
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Hey y'all, I figured as long as we have the 335 out, we'll run through some Cream.
Pretty simple riff.
So I'll go through just a little bit of the song.
_ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [Am] _ _ _
[C#] _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G#] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[A] _ [F#m] _ [F#m] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ [F#m] _ _ [C#] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [Am] _ _ [F] _
[A] _ [D] _ _ [G#] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _
_ [F#] _ [D] _ [Fm] _ [C#m] _ [C] _ [F] _ _
[A] _ _ [Em] _ [F#m] _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _
[C#] _ [F] _ [D] _ [G#] _ [C#] [A] Okay, [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ that's enough of that.
To get the idea, it's really that over and over again.
[E] _ [F#] _ _
[E] It's in D, at least this version is, and I played another one.
This one is from the live Cream volume 2, _ _ _ _ right [C#] around 7 D [A] or something.
[A#] Somewhere in there.
[N] But this one's in D.
I think some of them are tuned just a little bit down, maybe a
half step or somewhere in the cracks.
But it's in D, wherever you're tuned.
_ So the main riff is [Dm] just this.
[F#] _ [D] _ [G#] _
[C#] _ [D] So [C#] that's C sharp to D.
[D] _ _
[F] _ [F#] _ _ _ F, F sharp.
[D] So A [C#] string, 4-5.
[D] _ [F] D string, 3 [F#]-4.
[D] Back [Cm] to 4 [D]-5.
[G#] _ _ Same thing except now you're on the low E string, 4-5.
[F] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [F#] _ [D] _
[G#] _ [D] You can just do, if [N] you want, minor pentatonic, D minor pentatonic, [F] 4's in the 4. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] And that's right in your minor [E] pentatonic [D] box.
[E] It's at the front.
And that's really all, except [A] when it gets down [F#m] to_
[F#m] _ [C#] _ [G] _ [F] _ [Em] _ [B] That's [F#] A6, [Em] _ [F#m] _ _ [E] slid down to G and then [G] back up to A, and then G6.
[Dm] _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] [E] G6 [F] slid down to [G] F6 [Em] and then back.
So that's just a [A] regular bar in A.
And instead of making it a 7, _ _ _ now you're making it a 6.
[E] So your regular A and then the B string in the same fret as the D string.
[A] So in the [A#] 7th fret you've [A] got the_
_ _ [G] _ [Em] _ [Dm] _
[Em] _ [C#] _ _ _ [A#] _ _ [Am] _ _
[F] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ That's really all there is to it.
It goes on for an [D] hour or so with the guitar [F] solo and [B] stuff.
But that's really [C#] the_
_ _ _ [D] I swear I heard a BBC one that they did, [G] I think fairly early on.
And the [C#] riff instead of going_
_ _ _ [G] _ [C#] _ _
_ [D] They did them all in the same_
_ [C#] _ [G#] _ [A] _
[G#] Which has a whole different_
[C#] This one's bad. _ _ _
[C#] _ [D] _ _ _ [E] And of course the lyrics, _ [N] even though they're 47 years old, or maybe more,
are of course very relevant to today.
[A#] But anyway, if you have any trouble with it, let me [C#] know, but I don't think you_

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