Transcribed by Brian Smith This is the most well-known Church song and (as luck would have it) one of the easiest to play. Am7sus4 is played as follows E 0 B 3 G 0 D 2 A 0 E X Verse: Am Am7sus4 Fmaj7 G Chorus: G Fmaj7 Bridge/Solo: C G Am Extra Credit: If you have a friend with a capo, get them to put it on the fifth fret and play: Verse: Em Em7sus4 Cmaj7 D Chorus: D Cmaj7 Bridge/Solo: G D Em That will really thicken the sound up. Vary your respective rhythms for even more effect.
Here's the tab for the opening. E--2-2-2--3----3--0----- B--3-3-3--3----3--3----- G--0-0-0--0----0--0----- D--2-2-2--2----2--2----- A------------3----3---0- E0---------------------- That last "A" leaves you holding an Am7sus4 (or A7sus4, whatever you want to call it.) Play each note in a Church-y manner, then repeat once more. Then cue Marty going bonkers on his Rickenbacker playing a descending Em pentatonic Verse: Em D C9 Chorus: Em9 C9 Am7sus4 Bridge: G Dm rpt. On last pair, play G D
This is a great song to play solo Opening strum: D Em7 C9 rpt Verse: D Am7sus4 C9 (X4) Chorus: Em C9 G Bridge: My favourite part. Make the shape of Fmaj7 (F chord with open high E) Then move your hand up the neck so your index finger is on the fifth fret. This is an open A chord. The chords you'll play are: A C/A D9/A Bbaug4/A. But they're all the same chord shape, with the index finger on these frets: 5, then 8 then 10 then 6. Get it ? The bridge section gets repeated a few times, so start softly, then build in volume and complexity so that by the last time your hand is a blur and the amp is screeching !