Crazy In Love (Beyonce & JAY-Z) Guitar Lesson with Backing Tracks + TAB

In this guitar lesson, we use TAB to work out all sections of Crazy In Love, including how to incorporate the horn line into the guitar part for the main riff. Practise with Backing Tracks!

Crazy In Love | TAB

Let’s work through what you could play for this cover band standard—it’s super easy!

Intro

I like playing power chords for the Bb – G. I’ve written them as full triads here, as other instruments play this and it’s important to note that the G (chord IIx) is major, not minor.

For the Dm stabs, I like playing a power chord first (D5), then a Dm.

I also sometimes play the first note of the power chords as just the bass note, like this:

Verse

For the verse and all other Dm chord stabs, I like moving around the fretboard to build tension.

Chorus

The chorus essentially mirrors the intro, without returning to the power chords.

With horn line

If you’re in a band without a horn section but have a keyboard player covering the horns, you can make it more interesting by playing the horn line on guitar as well: