J Holiday Suffocate Guitar Tutorial w/ Tabs
Basic Chord progression:
dm7 - am7 - em7 - FM7
(complete tabs/chords are below)
My beginner tutorial on how to play J. Holiday’s Suffocate on Guitar. I’m relatively new to guitar and tutorials (been playing seriously for about 6 months), so please send or comment me any feedback/suggestions. Also feel free to msg with questions. Hope the tutorial helps some people learn the song. =)
*Note: I used different versions of the same chords (dm7, am7, em7, FM7) for different parts of the song. I did this to 1. Stay true to the original arrangement as much as possible 2. Illustrate that you can play the same chord in many different ways on a guitar 3. Make certain transitions easier (the bridge). For example, I have 3 different versions of the dm7 chord, one for the intro, one for the verse/chorus, and one for the bridge.
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CHORD PROGRESSIONS:
Intro:
dm7 - am7 - em7 - FM7
Verse/Prechorus/Chorus:
dm7 - am7 - em7 - FM7
Bridge:
em7 - am7 - dm7 - (dm7/G or G11)
em7 - am7 - BflatM7 - (dm7/G or G11)
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TABS:
String Key
e-1
B-2
G-3
D-4
A-5
E-6
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dm7 (intro)
-8- (bar 5th fret)
-6-
-5-
-7-
-5-
-5-
Pick strings together: A,G,B,e
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am7(intro)
-8-
-8-
—
-7-
—
—
Pick strings together: D,B,e
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em7 (intro)
-7- (bar 7th fret)
-8-
-7-
-9-
-7-
-7-
Pick strings together: A,D,G,B
Then pick string together: B,e
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FM7 (intro)
-8- (bar 8th fret)
-10-
-9-
-10-
-8-
-8-
Pick strings together: A,D,G,B
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dm7
-5- (bar 5th fret)
-6-
-5-
-7-
-5-
-5-
Pick strings separately: A,D,G,B
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am7
-5- (bar 5th fret)
-5-
-5-
-5-
-5-
-5-
Pick strings together: E,D,G,B
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em7 & em7 (bridge)
-3-
-3-
-0-
—
—
-0-
Pick strings separately: E,G,B,e
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FM7
-0-
-1-
-2-
-3-
—
—
Pick strings together: D,G,B,e
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am7 (bridge)
-0-
-1-
-0-
—
-0-
—
Pick strings together: A,G,B,e
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dm7 (bridge)
-1-
-1-
-2-
-0-
—
—
Pick strings together: D,G,B,e
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dm7/G or G11
-1-
-1-
-2-
—
—
-3-
Pick strings together: E,G,B,e
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B-flatM7
-1- (bar 1st fret)
-3-
-2-
-3-
-1-
-1-
Pick strings together: A,D,G,B or Strum entire chord
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Duration : 0:9:41