How to Play Cause on Guitar?

Rodriguez - Cause can be played in the key of D using the D, G, F#m, A chords. For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For F#m, To play F#m | Gbm, barre fret 2 from the G string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D. For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, B. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Cause with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

Rodriguez - Cause Chords

Chord reference D, G, F#m, A

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[D] [G] [D] [G] Cause I [D]lost my job [G]two weeks before [D]Christmas [G] And I [D]talked to Jesus at the sewer [G] And the Pope said it was none of his God-[D]damned business [G]

While the [D]rain drank champagne [G] My Estonian Archangel came and got [D]me wasted [G] Cause the [D]sweetest kiss I ever got [G]is the one I’ve never [D]tasted [G]

Oh but they’ll [D]take their bonus [G]pay to [F#m]Molly Mc[A]Donald, [D]Neon ladies, [G]beauty is that which obeys, [F#m]is bought or [A]borrowed

[D] [G] Cause my [D]heart’s become a crooked hotel [G]full of [D]rumors [G] But it’s [D]I who pays the rent [G]for these fingered-face out-of-[D]tuners [G] And I make [D]16 solid half hour friendships [G]every [D]evening [G] Cause your [D]queen of hearts who is half a stone And likes to laugh a[G]lone is always threatening you with [D]leaving [G]

Oh but they play [D]those token [G]games [F#m]on Willy Thomp[A]son [D]And give a medal to replace the [G]son [F#m]of Mrs. Annie John[A]son

[D] [G] Cause they [D]told me everybody’s got to pay their dues [G] And I explained that I had over-[D]paid them [G] So over-[D]dued I went to the company store [G] and the clerk there said that they had just [D]been invaded [G] So I [D]set sail in a teardrop [G]and escaped beneath the door-[D]sill [G] Cause the [D]smell of her perfume [G]echoes in my [D]head still [G]

[D] [G] [D] [G] Cause I [D]see my people trying to drown the sun [G] In weekends of whiskey [D]sours [G] ‘Cause how [D]many times can you wake up in this comic [G]book and plant [D]flowers? [G] [D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [C] [Bb] [D] [D]

Artist Rodriguez

Album Coming from Reality

Genres Folk, Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Rock

Year 1971

Key D

Rodriguez - Cause can be played in the key of D using the D, G, F#m, A chords.

For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For F#m, To play F#m | Gbm, barre fret 2 from the G string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D.
For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, B.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Cause with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.