Chords for Time After Time Guitar Lesson by Cindi Lauper

_ Time after time by Cindy Lauper _
So the way I'm going to teach you this song is going to use
Some three note triads, and they're all going to be on the D string the [Eb] G string [Ab] and the B string
[D] Okay, so we're going to start with this [F] triad here.
Which is an F
_ _ [E] So that's three two one
[F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Then we've got a G triad which is here five four three
[G] _ _ _ _ _
Then we've got an E minor triad which is five [E] four five
[Em] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[N] And then we have an F triad again, which is seven _ five
_ [Fm] Six okay, so that's [Gb] the intro and the [F] verse so _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[G] okay [E] when I'm playing it
_ I'm muting it on the bridge [N] for those picking parts _ and let me get a different kind of pick because white on white doesn't work _
So [F] now I've got a black pick you should be able to see it a bit better, so we've got
_ _ _ _ Okay, so we're picking in terms of strings D G D [C] B
_ G _
D [F] G _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ Okay, so [F] that's the picking part
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A]
Second chord slightly different because I slide into the [F] chord _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] So I'm sliding from this [G] F
_ [F] into this [G] G _ _
_ _ _ [F] Okay, so that's _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [N] so then we've got the same [Em] and _ _ _ [Ab] _ then we've got [F] the F.
I'm just going to play that so again
You've got the F chord _ G _ [Em] _ _ _ _ E minor _ and _ _ [F] then the F
_ _ _ _ [Abm] You play that through twice for the intro
So the verse we're going to play [Dm] a D minor chord
[C] _ _ Into a C chord [B] so the D minor is three _ two
[D] three [Dm]
and [C] _ _ the C chord is just five five
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [N] And what I'm doing there
I'm just literally picking the D string [E] and then plucking with these two fingers on the G and the B string
[C] So _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ for the verse I'm just playing two chords [Am] D minor
_ [C] _ And [N] C.
So D minor is three
_ two
three
And I'm picking the D string with the pick and then I'm plucking these two strings with my fingers, so we've got
[Dm] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [G] So this second chord a C chord is just five
_ [Ab] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [C] _ _ [E] _ Then we go into the pre-chorus which is the same as the intro except for one [G] minor change which I'll show [F] you _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ Okay, so we've got an E minor chord there [Gb] obviously you don't have to play that harmonic you can just play the E minor [F] so
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
The [E] second time around we don't go to the F chord we stay [F] on the E minor
[G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _ [Em]
If you want to do that little harmonic thing when you stay on the E minor _
_ All [E] I did was pick harmonic on the 12
_ [Em] _ _ _ And 12 on the E.
[Eb] _ So for [G] the chorus _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [E] _ So we've got this G chord [G] same as earlier
_ _ _ [Am] _ _
[Eb] Then we're going to slide up to an A minor so five on the D slide up to seven
[Am] _ [E] And then we're playing five and five [G] on the G and the B
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ then for the F _
[C] G and C
_ Okay, so we're going to
Put the middle finger down on the sixth fret [A] so that will be seven _ [F] five six _ _ _
Move that up two frets to nine [G] seven and eight _
[D] And that's [G] your G chord _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [A] You got your C chord
ten [Db] nine [G] eight so _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
Those are your chords [A] so one more time to [G] G a
_ [Am] minor
_ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Abm] This [C] part _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ So we have here [D] on the a string 15 on the D string 14 on the B string 13 12
_ [E] _ _ _
[D] and again _ 15
[E] _ 14 and this time on the G string 14
[G] _ 12
_ [N] _ then 15
_ [E] 14 [A] _ _ _ _ 12 back to the D 15
_ _ 14 _
_ _ _ _ [B] 12 14 _
[C] 15 on the A _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] And [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
_ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ you just play that through twice.
At the end of the song we're just going to be going around two chords
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Gb] F and C.
So just to show you those chords again.
We have [A] seven
[F] five and six _ _ _
[E] That's the F and [C] then C
Is ten nine eight
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _