The Greatest Chords
by Kenny Rogers
The Greatest by Kenny Rogers is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A, Asus4, G and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
All fingerings and chords relative
Moderately fast (listen to cd for tempo)
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Intro:
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. . . .
e ||----------0h2-----0----------------||
B ||----------3---------------3--------||
4 D ||·-----2-------2---------------2---·||
4 G ||·-0-------------------------------·||
A ||-----------------------------------||
E ||-----------------------------------||
(Yes this means play it twice)
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Main riff:
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D
. . . . . . . .
e |----------0h2-----0----------------|----------0h2-----0----------------
B |----------3---------------3--------|----------3---------------3--------
4 D |------2-------2---------------2----|------2-------2---------------2----
4 G |--0--------------------------------|--0--------------------------------
A |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
A (Asus4) G
. . . . .
e |-----------------------------------| ----------
B |----------2h3-----2----------------| -----3----
4 D |----------2---------------2--------| 1 -----0----
4 G |------2-------2---------------2----| 4 ----------
A |--0--------------------------------| ----------
E |-----------------------------------| --3-------
Yes it's hard to read that but it is just an extra one quarter beat
measure as far as I can tell.
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Lyrics:
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(I do a lot of ad-libbing in the other chord progressions -- sounds just
fine)
Play the main riff during the main verse
verse1
D
D
A
G D
verse2
chorus
A
A
G D
A
G
D
Intro 1X
verse3
verse4
chorus
Intro 1X
Bridge:
Bm
G
D
A
verse5
verse6
chorus
Intro 1X
verse7
verse8 x2