Guitar Chords Used in the Song
"The Story" by Brandi Carlile is played in standard tuning with a capo on the second fret. The following chords are used in the song:
- How to Play an A Chord
- How to Play an Asus4 Chord (video coming soon!)
- How to Play An E Chord
- How to Play an F#m Chord
- How to Play a D Chord
- How to Play an E7 Chord
Form of the Song
Brandi Carlile's "The Story" is the album titled single from her 2007 record release.c
"The Story" features a light strumming pattern, opening with the chorus, and then goes into a harder guitar sound at the second line of the first verse. The song follows the same chord progression throughout the whole song until the outro. The song is structured as the following:
- Intro (played twice)
- Chorus (downstroke, light strumming)
- Verse 1 (goes into a harder guitar sound at the E in the second line)
- Guitar solo
- Verse 2 (return to light strumming)
- Chorus (return to harder guitar sound)
- Outro
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