Parklife (Blur) Guitar Lesson with TAB

In this guitar lesson, you'll find a chord analysis and TAB of how this tune was probably written and then developed!

Parklife | TAB

Here’s TAB for the whole chorus (I have modified this somewhat to work in a band where you are the only guitarist).

Parklife’s verse is often TABBED and played correctly, but the chord names are usually written wrong. Look at the actual intervals and you’ll see it’s E – Dmaj7sus2 – Asus2.

This was most likely written by just “moving the fingers” in a simple way, then up an octave for the distinctive sound.

Here’s some TAB that illustrates how this probably was written, and then modified into the actual part.

Lastly, there’s a chorus tag which is the main riff, with an extra A chord. It looks like this:

Parklife TAB | Related Pages

Parklife | Chords + Lyrics

You can learn to play Parklife by Blur using chords, lyrics, chord analysis, a chord chart, and the original recording.

| E | E Dmaj7sus2 Asus2 |
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Five similar tunes | Chords + Lyrics

When you can play the TAB for Parklife, try these five tunes from the songbook.

Blur tunes

As an integral part of 90s Britpop, Blur was adored by the fans and press hailed as the more sophisticated alternative to Manchester’s Oasis.

The band is best known for the tunes Parklife, Girls & Boys, Country House, Song 2, Tender, as well as Coffee & TV.

Blur on the web

About me | Dan Lundholm

Dan Lundholm wrote this guitar lesson and TAB for Parklife.

This guitar lesson by Dan Lundholm features TAB and covers Parklife. Discover more about him and how you can learn guitar with Spytunes.

Most importantly, find out why you should learn guitar through playing tunes, not practising scales, and studying theory in isolation.