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The Only Exception chords (Paramore)

The Only Exception chords: B, F#m11, E, Badd11, C#m11, F#7add11. Play along in your browser: the guitar above is set up for the song and plays its 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 B, 138 BPM, no capo.

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Chords
B, F#m11, E, Badd11, C#m11, F#7add11
Key
B
Tempo
138 BPM
Capo
none
Tuning
standard
Guitar part
strumming

Chord diagrams

Your shapes for this song

7frx1342
B
134
F#m11
231
E
7fr1342
Badd11
9fr134
C#m11
1342
F#7add11

How to play The Only Exception

Follow the chord changes, one bar at a time.

Strum

Key of B, 138 BPM, no capo. 32 bars, looped:

  1. B
  2. B
  3. B
  4. B
  5. F#m11
  6. F#m11
  7. E
  8. E
  9. Badd11
  10. Badd11
  11. Badd11
  12. Badd11
  13. F#m11
  14. F#m11
  15. E
  16. E
  17. C#m11
  18. C#m11
  19. C#m11
  20. C#m11
  21. Badd11
  22. Badd11
  23. F#7add11
  24. F#7add11
  25. C#m11
  26. C#m11
  27. C#m11
  28. C#m11
  29. Badd11
  30. Badd11
  31. F#7add11
  32. F#7add11
The Only Exception: strumming pattern
ED 6> 5 4 3 2 1D 5~ 4 3 2 1U 1 2 3 4 5 6D 6~ 5 4 3 2U 1 2 3 4 5 6
F#7add11D 6> 5 4 3 2 1D 5~ 4 3 2 1U 1 2 3 4 5 6D 6~ 5 4 3 2U 1 2 3 4 5 6

3 beats a bar in triplets. 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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