Don’t Look Back In Anger | TAB
Let’s go through some TABs on how to play each section of Don’t Look Back In Anger, starting with the intro.
There’s a clear steal here from John Lennon‘s Imagine! I’ve named the third chord a Fmaj7sus2 because if you look at all intervals you’ll find no 3rd, only the root, 2nd, 5th, and the maj7.
Here’s the verse, notice how the strumming is divided up and not playing the complete chord shapes. The movement, using Roman Numerals, is I – V – VI – IIIx, then IV – V – I. The final A5 and G5 are VI – V.
Next, I want to look at the chorus, now we play the full chord and even join in with the melody for the G chord. We could say it’s G7 – G – G7 – G6, but that’s a lot of chords…
Most importantly, notice how the strumming is different from the verse. More strings are included to make the part bigger.
We also have a bridge, which comes before the chorus but since they are so similar I wanted to describe them together.
The bridge moves from F – Fm – C – Csus2. That’s called voice leading as the notes that change are A – Ab – E – D. Here’s the TAB.
After the repeated part, we go to chord V (a G) and then to a unique chord which I can only best describe as a G6/G#. Check all intervals to understand why I’ve called it this.
The F to E I felt worked best if you included the 5th of the F chord. What may seem like the least important I actually feel is the most, the last two bars.
For these final two bars, notice how we don’t play the top string, it’s the open B string that is the highest note. This means that when the chorus kicks in, we get a big lift as we move from the note B (open B string) to G (the 5th of a C chord).
This concept is called the millennial whoop, Katy Perry does it in California Gurls where the guitar plays an F, she sings between a C and A, making it a full F triad.
We can definitely not blame Noel for theft here as he released Don’t Look Back In Anger many years before millennials became pop stars.
On a final note, the original recording is sharp, use my tuner to get to 450Hz and it will feel much better.
Don’t Look Back In Anger TAB
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