Jar Of Cardinals chords by Guided By Voices

Chords with lyrics

Here's my lame attempt at the chords for Jar Of Cardinals (someone

requested them awhile ago).


The same thing gets played throughout, it's just a three-chord progression

that goes to another key for the next three chords (I think).


G+G G* E minorEm C majorC C* A minorAm


The G+G is a standard 3rd fret barre, the rest are the standard open chords.

The C* chord is just x20010 (according to a book I have this is a G6G6 (BB

bass C majorC added) but I just call it C*). The G* is the same thing as the C*

on the 7th fret, but to play it at the 3rd fret like it's supposed to be, I

think it's like this x34433. You can walk the bass down from the G+G to the

G* as 3--2 with your thumb on the E MajorE string, but my thumb isn't big enough

to get that F#F# (I think the bass takes care of it on the album). This

probably isn't exactly right, and you can substitute a B minorBm for the G*,

though it sounds a little off.