The C chord is in bars 1 and 2, but notice that it runs through all five CAGED shapes. We’ve done the same with Am in bars 3 and 4. Try creating your own parts by moving the CAGED shapes up and down ...

Want all the hottest music and gear news, reviews, deals, features and more, direct to your inbox? Sign up here. Five chord shapes, all Am, but all in different positions on the guitar's fretboard.

It’s true to say that a good song will often stand up on solo acoustic guitar, but that ... It Easy both feature this chord. Change the bass/root note of Am to an F# and you get Am/F#.

From a guitar player’s perspective ... The song is in the key of G. The usual chords in that key would be G, Am, Bm, C, D, D7, and Em and their variations. The most common “next-door-neighbor ...