Iris Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Iris chords and guitar lesson by The Goo Goo Dolls. This is such an amazing song that I used to play live with my band. It will certainly help you with working on dynamics.
The down side to this song is the guitar is tuned to:
B-D-D-D-D-D
Which is very hard to keep in tune without completely changing out strings.
The good news is, I put it into standard tuning to make is a bit more easily accessible. Yay!
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Iris Guitar Chords:
Iris Strumming Patterns:
Most of this song is in 12/8. I like to count it as two measures of 6/8. See below.
Strum 1: Single Strums
D Em G G
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
D D D D
Strum 2:
D Em G G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6+ 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +
D UDU D U DU D UD U D U DU
Strum 3 over 4/4: (you could also just hold the G chord)
Bm G
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
DU DU DU DU DU D U D DU UD DU U D U DU
Iris Guitar Lesson:
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Iris Chord Chart:
Intro:
N.C.
Verse: Strum 1
|D Em G G|
And I'd give up forever to touch you
|Bm A G G|
'Cause I know that you feel me somehow
| D Em G G|
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
|Bm A G G|
And I don't want to go home right now
Verse: Strum 1
|D Em G G|
And all I can taste is this moment
|Bm A G G|
And all I can breathe is your life
|D Em G G|
And sooner or later it's over
|Bm A G G|
I just don't want to miss you tonight
Chorus: Strum 2
|Bm A G G|
And I don't want the world to see me
|Bm A G G|
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
|Bm A G G|
When everything's made to be broken
|Bm A G G|
I just want you to know who I am
Interlude:
N.C.
Verse: Strum 1
| D Em G G|
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
| Bm A G G|
Or the moment of truth in your lies
| D Em G G|
When everything feels like the movies
| Bm A G G|
Yeah, you bleed just to know you're alive
Chorus: Strum 2
|Bm A G G|
And I don't want the world to see me
|Bm A G G|
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
|Bm A G G|
When everything's made to be broken
|Bm A G G|
I just want you to know who I am
Interlude:
N.C.
Bridge: Strum 3
Bm G Bm G Bm G
Guitar Solo:
Bm G D G
D G D Bm Bm
G D Bm Bm
Breakdown:
N.C.
Chorus: Strum 2
|Bm A G G|
And I don't want the world to see me
|Bm A G G|
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
|Bm A G G|
When everything's made to be broken
|Bm A G G| 6/8 G
I just want you to know who I am
. |Bm A G G|
And I don't want the world to see me
|Bm A G G|
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
|Bm A G G|
When everything's made to be broken
|Bm A G G|
I just want you to know who I am
Outro:
|Bm A G G|
I just want you to know who I am
|Bm A G G|
I just want you to know who I am
|Bm A G G|
I just want you to know who I am
Outro:
N.C.
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