Soul Mates (Grant Nicholas) Guitar Lesson with TAB

Soul Mates TAB lesson
In this guitar lesson, we look at a note-for-note transcription of Grant Nicholas Soul Mates.


Soul Mates | TAB


Let’s take a look at each section of Grant Nicholas‘s Soul Mates, here’s the intro using TAB (capo fret 4).

Soul Mates TAB, intro.

A couple of things stand out here to me. The picking pattern is the same throughout, creating common tones, The C5/B is on beat 4, and so is the last C chord.

Let’s check the verse.

Soul Mates TAB, verse.

This is very similar, we maintain the change of the passing chord on beat 4, now doing it for an Am chord as well, clever stuff.

Having been so focused on chord VI, the bridge needs to go somewhere new, right?

Soul Mates TAB, bridge.

Dm (Dorian) and F (Lydian) both have a feeling of moving on, this works great for a bridge like this. At first, we don’t use the trick of changing the chord on beat four, although, in the last two bars, it comes back again.



Here’s the chorus, this feels a bit like the greatest hits of all chord progressions used so far.

Soul Mates TAB, chorus.

Lastly, here’s the outro. We start with a new chord, the C/E. I like how this is similar to the C/G we had during the bridge.

Soul Mates TAB, outro.

When you can play all sections individually and get to terms with the picking pattern, return to the chords, lyrics and chord chart lesson.



Soul Mates TAB | Related Pages


Soul Mates | Chords + Lyrics

Soul Mates chords lesson.

You can learn to play Soul Mates by Grant Nicholas (Feeder) using chords, lyrics, chord analysis, a chord chart, and the original recording.

||: C5 | C5 C/B | Am7 Am | Am7 C/B :||
You’re the match that lights the fire, stepping stone across the mire…


Five similar tunes | Chords + Lyrics

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


Feeder tunes

Feeder's Grant Nicholson wrote Soul Mates.

Formed in the mid-90s in South Wales, Feeder peaked in the early 2000s with the single Buck Rogers.

Following the passing of the original drummer, Feeder became known for having a long string of session drummers


Feeder on the web

Listen to Feeder on Spotify.


About me | Dan Lundholm

Dan Lundholm wrote this guitar lesson and TAB for Soul Mates.

This guitar lesson by Dan Lundholm features TAB and covers Soul Mates. 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.


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