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Sweet Child O' Mine chords (Guns N' Roses)

Sweet Child O' Mine chords: D, C, G. Play along in your browser: the guitar above is set up for the song and plays its picking and strumming part close to the original recording, stroke for stroke. Press Play to hear it, or press the chord keys as they light green and the song follows you. Key of D, 125 BPM, no capo, tuned down a half step, electric guitar. With the strings tuned down a half step it sounds in Db.

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Chords
D, C, G
Key
D, sounding Db
Tempo
125 BPM
Capo
none
Tuning
down a half step
Guitar part
picking and strumming

Chord diagrams

Your shapes for this song

xx132
D
x321
C
x213
G
xxx12
A5
3frxxx134
C5

How to play Sweet Child O' Mine

Follow the chord changes, one bar at a time.

Key of D, 125 BPM, no capo, tuned down a half step, electric guitar. With the strings tuned down a half step it sounds in Db. 40 bars, looped:

  1. D
  2. D
  3. C
  4. C
  5. G
  6. G
  7. D
  8. D
  9. D
  10. D
  11. C
  12. C
  13. G
  14. G
  15. D
  16. D
  17. D
  18. D
  19. C
  20. C
  21. G
  22. G
  23. D
  24. D
  25. D
  26. D
  27. C
  28. C
  29. G
  30. G
  31. D
  32. D
  33. D
  34. D
  35. C
  36. C
  37. G
  38. G
  39. D
  40. D
Sweet Child O' Mine: picking pattern
Bar 14:122:153:143:121:153:141:143:14
Bar 24:122:153:143:121:153:141:143:14
Bar 34:142:153:143:121:153:141:143:14
Bar 44:142:153:143:121:153:141:143:14
Bar 53:122:153:143:121:153:141:143:14
Bar 63:122:153:143:121:153:141:143:14
Bar 74:122:153:143:121:153:141:143:14
Bar 84:122:153:143:121:153:141:143:14
Bar 94:122:153:143:121:153:141:143:14
Bar 104:122:153:143:121:153:141:143:14
Bar 114:142:153:143:121:153:141:143:14
Bar 124:142:153:143:121:153:141:143:14
Bar 133:122:153:143:121:153:141:143:14
Bar 143:122:153:143:121:153:141:143:14
Bar 154:122:153:143:121:153:141:143:14
Bar 164:122:153:143:121:153:141:143:14
Bar 174:122:153:143:121:153:141:143:14
Bar 184:122:153:143:121:153:141:143:14
Bar 194:142:153:143:121:153:141:143:14
Bar 204:142:153:143:121:153:141:143:14
Bar 213:122:153:143:121:153:141:143:14
Bar 223:122:153:143:121:153:141:143:14
Bar 231:123:142:153:141:123:141:143:14
Bar 241:153:141:143:141:123:142:15
Bar 254:0 3:2 2:33:22:3 1:2
Bar 264:0 3:2 2:3 1:31:23:23:2 2:3 1:24:0 3:0
Bar 275:3 4:2 3:0 2:15:34:24:2 3:0 2:15:3 4:2 3:0 2:1
Bar 285:3 4:2 3:0 2:32:14:23:0 2:14:0 3:0
Bar 296:35:24:04:0 3:03:0
Bar 306:35:24:03:0 2:3
Bar 314:03:22:32:3 1:2
Bar 321:31:22:34:0 3:2 2:3 1:2
Bar 334:02:33:24:01:02:31:2
Bar 342:33:24:01:21:31:21:02:3
Bar 355:33:04:22:33:04:21:0
Bar 362:35:32:33:05:33:0
Bar 373:23:42:33:23:42:33:0
Bar 381:02:33:02:31:02:33:0
Bar 394:02:33:24:02:33:23:2 2:3 1:3
Bar 402:33:24:0 3:2 2:3 1:2

4 beats a bar in 8th notes. B the bass string of the chord, B2 the next string up, 1 to 6 the strings from high e to low E, D and U a strum, string:fret a note away from the chord shape, an empty cell a rest.

Open picking

Key of D, 125 BPM, no capo, tuned down a half step, electric guitar. With the strings tuned down a half step it sounds in Db. 16 bars, looped:

  1. A5
  2. C5
  3. D
  4. D
  5. A5
  6. C5
  7. D
  8. D
  9. D
  10. D
  11. C
  12. C
  13. G
  14. G
  15. D
  16. D
Sweet Child O' Mine: strumming pattern
Bar 1D 5:0 4:2 3:2xD 5:0 4:2 3:2xx
Bar 2D 5:3 4:5 3:5xD 5:3 4:5 3:5xx
Bar 3D 4:0 3:2 2:3 1:2D 4:0 3:2 2:3
Bar 4D 4:0 3:2 2:3 1:31:2D 4:0 3:2 2:3D 4:0 3:2 2:3 1:2xx
Bar 5D 5:0 4:2 3:2xD 5:0 4:2 3:2xx
Bar 6D 5:3 4:5 3:5xD 5:3 4:5 3:5xx
Bar 7D 4:0 3:2 2:3 1:2
Bar 8D 4:0 3:2 2:3D 4:0 3:2 2:3D 4:0 3:2 2:3D 4:0 3:2 2:3D 4:0 3:2 2:3D 4:0 3:2 2:3D 4:0 3:2 2:3D 4:0 3:0 2:3
Bar 9D 4:0 3:2 2:3 1:2U 4:0 3:2 2:3 1:2D 4:0 3:2 2:3 1:2U 4:0 3:2 2:3 1:2
Bar 10D 4:0 3:2 2:3 1:31:2D 4:0 3:2 2:3U 4:0 3:2 2:3 1:24:0 3:0
Bar 11D 5:3 4:2 3:0 2:1 1:0U 4:2 3:0 2:1D 5:3 4:2U 4:2 3:0 2:1D 5:3 4:2U 4:2 3:0 2:1
Bar 12D 5:3 4:2 3:0 2:1 1:0U 4:2 3:0 2:1D 5:3 4:2U 4:2 3:0 2:1D 5:3 4:24:0 3:0
Bar 13D 6:3 5:2 4:0 3:0 2:3U 6:3 5:2 4:0 3:0D 5:2 4:0 3:0 2:3U 5:2 4:0 3:0 2:3
Bar 14D 6:3 5:2 4:0 3:0 2:3U 6:3 5:2 4:0 3:0D 5:2 4:0 3:0 2:34:0 3:0
Bar 15D 4:0 3:2 2:3 1:2D 4:0 3:2 2:3 1:2U 4:0 3:2 2:3 1:2U 4:0 3:2 2:3
Bar 16D 4:0 3:2 2:3 1:31:2D 4:0 3:2 2:3U 4:0 3:2 2:3 1:2

4 beats a bar in 16th notes. B the bass string of the chord, B2 the next string up, 1 to 6 the strings from high e to low E, D and U a strum, string:fret a note away from the chord shape, an empty cell a rest.

Open strum
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