OK Go – The Greatest Song I Ever Heard (Guitar)

Key
-
Versions (2)

Auto-scroll

Chords

[Chords]
    E    F#m  F#m/E   A     B    C#m
D|--0--|--2--|--0--|--5--|--7--|--4--|
A|--0--|--2--|--2--|--5--|--7--|--5--|
F|--1--|--2--|--2--|--6--|--8--|--6--|
C|--2--|--4--|--4--|--7--|--9--|--6--|
G|--2--|--4--|--4--|--7--|--9--|--4--|
D|--0--|--2--|--0--|--5--|--7--|--x--|
[Intro] E F#m A
E F#m A
Riff #1 enters:
E F#m A E F#m A [Riff #1]
D|-----12--------14--------15--------12----------12--------14--------15---/12------|
A|-/9-------/11-------/14-------/14----------/9-------/11-------/14----------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
       E
And we saw Cat Power

        F#m
Singing hour after hour

     A
Of a future that would never be

       E
And I sank to the bottom

       F#m
For a summer and an autumn

          A
Trying to figure out it which was me
[Pre-Chorus]
        F#m                   F#m/E
And she pinned me down to the Lady Parade groove

B
Waiting for the soul to stray

       F#m             F#m/E
When I quieted down, I heard the sound

    B                    A
And that's the greatest song I ever heard
[Chorus]
E   F#m      A
       Yeah, that's the greatest song I ever heard
Riff #1 enters E F#m A E F#m A [Verse 2] [Repeat with same chords (Slight variation noted in Pre-chorus)]
      E                    F#m
Now I saw Bob Dylan gone electric

             A
Feeling Pete Seeger with his axe in the crowd

E                          F#m
Maggie and the farm, never meant no harm

        A
But the heart started beating too loud
[Pre-Chorus]
      F#m                    F#m/E
And I caught a glimpse, of a feeling I had once

     B
But let it all slip away with the pain

F#m                   F#m/E
And I'm just playing, never stop playing

       B                  A           C#m           F#
Cause that's the greatest song I ever heard, I ever heard, yeah

B                   A
That's the greatest song I ever heard
[Chorus] E F#m
A
That's the greatest song I ever heard
E F#m
A
That's the greatest song I ever heard
[Bridge] N.C. This pattern is repeated through the entire ending. N.C. The fingering is a bit tricky but this way is natural with a little practice. I marked where I use my N.C. ring (R) finger vs. my middle (M) or pointer (P) for the bass notes. You can definitely hear the N.C. open B(A) string in the recording and this is way it can ring out. Cool riff Andy.
D|--0-----------------0---------------------------------0--------------|
A|-------------0------------------0------0--------0---------------0----|
F|---------13-----------------13---------------9--------------11-------|
C|------9-----------------10----------------6--------------7-----------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--12------------12--11-------------11--9-----------9--8------------8-|
   (R)               (M)                (R)            (M)

D|--0--------------0--------------0--------------0-----------:|
A|-----------0--------------0--------------0--------------0--:|
F|--------9--------------6--------------6--------------8-----:|
C|-----6--------------6--------------7--------------9--------:|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------:|
D|--7-----------7--6-----------6--5-----------5--7-----------:|
NC
   (M)            (M)            (P)            (P)
************************************ | x Dead note | / Slide up ************************************