How to Play Ode To My Family on Guitar?

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

The Cranberries - Ode To My Family Chords

Chord reference D, Bm, F#m, G

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[D]Do do do do, do [Bm]do do do, do [F#m]do do do, do [G]do do do [D] [Bm] [F#m] [G] [D] [Bm] [F#m] [G] [D] [Bm]Understand the things I [F#m]say, don’t [G]turn away from [D]me [D]Cause I spent [Bm]half my life out [F#m]there, you [G]wouldn’t [D]disagree [D]Do you see me[Bm], do you see, do you [F#m]like me, do you [G]like me standing [D]there [D]Do you [Bm]notice, do you know, do you [F#m]see me, do you [G]see me, does anyone [D]care

[D] [Bm]Unhappiness, where’s when [F#m]I was young, and we [G]didn’t give a [D]damn [D]’Cause we were [Bm]raised, to see [F#m]life as fun and [G]take it if we [D]can [D]My [Bm]mother, my mother she’d [F#m]hold me, she’d [G]hold me, when I was out [D]there [D]My [Bm]father, my father, he [F#m]liked me, oh he [G]liked me, does anyone [D]care

[D] [Bm]Understand what I’ve [F#m]become, it [G]wasn’t my design [D] [D]And people [Bm]everywhere think [F#m]something [G]better than I am [D] [D]But I miss [Bm]you, I miss ’cause I [F#m]liked it, ’cause I [G]liked it, when I [D]was out here [D]Do you know [Bm]this, do you know, you [F#m]did not find me, [G]you did not find, does [D]anyone care

Artist The Cranberries

Album Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?

Genres Alternative, Indie, Rock

Year 1993

Key D

The Cranberries - Ode To My Family can be played in the key of D using the D, Bm, F#m, G 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 Bm, To play Bm, barre fret 2 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 4, let D, B ring open, mute G.
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 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.

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

You can play Ode To My Family with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.