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Iris by Goo Goo Dolls - Guitar Chords
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Here is a Fantastically easy way of playing this ridiculously Awesome song. Acoustic version.
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Tuning : Standard
EADGBe
654321
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Capo : 2nd Fret
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Chords Used : Am7 - x02213
A7sus2 - x02203
Fadd9 - xx3213
C - x32013
Csus4/F - xx3013
C/E - xx2013
Csus2/D - xx0013
Csus2 - x30013
Gadd11 - 320013
Your 1st and 4th fingers will remain on the 2nd and 1st strings for the majority of the song.
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Picking the verses : Pick the bass note of each chord (except on Csus2 you must pick the open D not C),
then the 2nd string, then the 1st string, then the 2nd string again.
Do this pattern twice on each Fadd9 chord.
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Am7 A7sus2 Fadd9 C Csus4/F C/E Csus2/D
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(1 down strum) (1 up strum) (1 down strum)
C Csus2 Fadd9
And I'd give up forever to touch you
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
Cause I know that you feel me somehow
C Csus2 Fadd9
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
And I don't wanna go home right now
C Csus2 Fadd9
And all I can taste is this moment
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
And all I can breathe is your life
C Csus2 Fadd9
Cause sooner or later it's over
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
I just don't wanna miss you tonight
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
And I don't want the world to see me
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
When everything's made to be broken
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
I just want you to know who I am
Intro (But go straight from the C to the next verse this time)
C Csus2 Fadd9
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
Or the moment of truth in your lies
C Csus2 Fadd9
When everything feels like the movies
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
Yeah you bleed just to know your alive
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
And I don't want the world to see me
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
When everything's made to be broken
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
I just want you to know who I am
Then Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
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1st time: Pick A on 5th string Pick B on 5th string Pick C on 5th string
2nd time: Pick A on 5th string Pick G on 6th string Pick F on 6th string using thumb
Instrumental: Part 1 : Am7 A7sus2 Fadd9 C Csus4/F C/E Csus2/D (same as intro but muted)
Part 2 : Am7 A7sus2 Fadd9 C Am7
Part 3 : Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9 C Fadd9 C (1 strum each)
Then Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9 (same picking pattern before instrumental)
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
And I don't want the world to see me
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
When everything's made to be broken
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
I just want you to know who I am
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
I just want you to know who I am
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
I just want you to know who I am
We also have 13 songs by Goo Goo Dolls
- Acoustic 3
- Before Its Too Late
- Better Days
- Black Balloon
- Broadway
- Come To Me
- Here Is Gone
- Iris
- Name
- Slide
- Sympathy
- This Is Christmas
- Two Days In February
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