HELP: Please suggest a guitar chord pattern for a love song I need to write!

[phatj]

Suggest a chord pattern, or link to some tabs, or anything to help... I need to woo my girlfriend!!!! Thanks!

 

C-Am-F-G-C

 

[phatj]

good, ill try that once my roommate wakes up (don't want to wake him up with a love song lol)

 

[SouthPaW1227]

^ that's a very solid choice there.

And you can never go wrong w/ the right rhythm of G, C, D or any combination of those 3 in a row.

Am, Fm7, C, G is a winner too. BTW, Fm7 is easy, it's a "C" chord, but move you ring & middle finger down one string each. good luck!

 

[ngvepforever2]

Tracing- John Mayer

Regards

ng

 

[Gibsons]

I find D minor to be the saddest of all keys.

 

Originally posted by: Gibsons
I find D minor to be the saddest of all keys.

I love the Dm arpeggios on the Beatles: I Want You (She's So Heavy).

 

[athithi]

Originally posted by: dwell
C-Am-F-G-C

LoL - that was the exact pattern I was thinking of

 

[nakedfrog]

Should we give him a chorus and bridge too?

 

[Leper Messiah]

yeah, lets write his song for him.

Just gank something from a coheed and cambria song. It'll work.

 

[Fritzo]

Minor chords make for slow songs Am- D - E works well. It has a bit of a Spanish flavor to it.

 

Originally posted by: athithi

Originally posted by: dwell
C-Am-F-G-C

LoL - that was the exact pattern I was thinking of

For my money, you can't go wrong with I-vi-IV-V-I. Especially played as arpeggios with a little tremolo.

 

[clamum]

Where do you learn which chords go together, dwell?

 

[StevenYoo]

Originally posted by: SouthPaW1227
BTW, Fm7 is easy, it's a "C" chord, but move you ring & middle finger down one string each. good luck!

isnt that chord Fmaj7?

*EDIT I like Postal Service - Such Great Heights, really easy finger picking

PM me for the tabs.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: clamum
Where do you learn which chords go together, dwell?

There's established patterns. For instance, I IV V, I V VII, etc. I think I saw a poster at Guitar Center that lists all of these patterns.

 

Originally posted by: clamum
Where do you learn which chords go together, dwell?

They're called "chord progressions" and learning them is one of the most fun parts of making music.

Good resource.